Distribution and stability of steryl chlorin esters in copepod faecal pellets from diatom grazing

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1163-1174

  Talbot, Helen M ^a   Head, Robert N ^b   Harris, Roger P ^b   Maxwell, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

132 Hydroxychlorophyllone a; 132 Oxopyrophaeophorbide a; Calanus helgolandicus; Chlorophyll a; Faecal pellets; Pyrophaeophorhide a; Pyrophaeophytin a; Sterols; Steryl chlorin esters; Thalassiosira weissflogii; Zooplankton grazing

Indexed keywords

CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; FAECAL PELLETS; HYDROXYCHLOROPHYLLONE; OXOPYROPHAEOPHORBIDE; PYROPHAEOPHORBIDE; PYROPHAEOPHYTIN; STERYL CHLORIN ESTERS; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII; ZOOPLANKTON GRAZING;

ALGAE; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; ESTERIFICATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ESTERS;

DIATOM; ESTER; FECAL PELLET; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032755859     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00095-9     Document Type: Article

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