Stoichiometric theory extended to micronutrients: Comparison of the roles of essential fatty acids, carbon, and nitrogen in the nutrition of marine copepods

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1162-1167

  Anderson, Thomas R ^a   Pond, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; MACRONUTRIENT; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STOICHIOMETRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

CARBON; FATTY ACID; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 0033902774     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.5.1162     Document Type: Article

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