Lipid metabolism of the Antarctic euphausiid Euphausia crystallorophias and its ecological implications

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 170, Issue , 1998, Pages 203-213

  Kattner, Gerhard ^a   Hagen, Wilhelm ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Euphausiids; Fatty acids and alcohols; Krill; Lipid storage; Overwintering; Reproduction; Wax esters

Indexed keywords

LIPID; METABOLISM; OVERWINTERING; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; ZOOPLANKTON;

WEDDELL SEA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA CRYSTALLOROPHIAS; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032480247     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps170203     Document Type: Article

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