Wax esters versus triacylglycerols in myctophid fishes from the Southern Ocean

Antarctic Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 436-444

  Phleger, Charles F ^a   Nelson, Matthew M ^a   Mooney, Ben D ^b   Nichols, Peter D ^b,c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Gymnoscopelus; Krefftichthyes; Lipids; Myctophids; Wax esters

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; DIET; DRY WEIGHT; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; WAX;

ESTER; FISH;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ELECTRONA CARLSBERGII; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; GYMNOSCOPELUS BRAUERI; GYMNOSCOPELUS NICHOLSI; GYMNOSCOPELUS OPISTHOPTERUS; KREFFTICHTHYES ANDERSSONI; MYCTOPHIDAE;

EID: 0033405320     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102099000565     Document Type: Article

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