Seasonal variations in the lipid and fatty acid composition of the euphausiid Meganyctiphanes norvegica from the Ligurian Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 186, Issue , 1999, Pages 199-210

  Mayzaud, Patrick ^a   Virtue, Patti ^a   Albessard, Eric ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Ligurian Sea; Lipids; Northern krill

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LIPID; SEASONAL VARIATION;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MEGANYCTHIPHANES; MEGANYCTHIPHANES NORVEGICA; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033578564     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps186199     Document Type: Article

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