Changes in the composition of fatty acids in sinking matter during a diatom bloom in a controlled experimental ecosystem

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 29-43

  Hayakawa, Kazuhide ^a,c   Handa, Nobuhiko ^a   Wong, Chi Shing ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c LAKE BIWA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diatom; Fatty acids; Pentaeicosenoic acid; Phytoplankton bloom; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Sinking organic matter

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAL BLOOMS; COMPOSITION CHANGES; FATTY ACIDS; PARTICLE SETTLING; SUSPENDED ORGANIC MATTER;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SAANICH INLET;

EID: 0030620656     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(95)00158-1     Document Type: Article

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