The lipid, fatty acid and fatty alcohol composition of the myctophid fish Electrona antarctica: High level of wax esters and food-chain implications

Antarctic Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 258-265

  Phleger, Charles F ^a   Nichols, Peter D ^b,c   Virtue, Patti ^b,c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrona antarctica; Fatty acids; Fatty alcohols; Lipids; Myctophid fish; Wax esters

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; COPEPODA; ELECTRONA ANTARCTICA; ELEPHANT; MYCTOPHIDAE;

EID: 0030842813     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102097000345     Document Type: Article

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