Fatty acid content of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at South Georgia related to regional populations and variations in diet

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 181, Issue , 1999, Pages 177-188

  Cripps, G C ^a   Watkins, J L ^a   Hill, H J ^b   Atkinson, A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Diet; Fatty acids; Krill; Regional populations; South Georgia

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FATTY ACID;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033580670     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps181177     Document Type: Article

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