Lipids and trophodynamics of Antarctic zooplankton

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 311-323

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

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Fatty acids; Lipids; Stanols; Sterols; Trophodynamics; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; STEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZOOPLANKTON;

DISTAPLIA CYLINDRICA; EUPHAUSIA FRIGIDA; EUPHAUSIA TRICANTHA; PERIPHYLLA PERIPHYLLA; SALPA THOMPSONII; THEMISTO GAUDICHAUDI;

EID: 0031812682     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10020-2     Document Type: Article

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