Polyunsaturated fatty acids: Evidence for non-substitutable biochemical resources in Daphnia galeata

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2507-2520

  Wacker, A ^a   Von Elert, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alga; Consumer; Daphnia; European Alps; Fatty acid; Food quality; Grazer; Herbivore; Lake Constance; PUFA; Seston

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ECOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FOOD WEB; GENETIC VARIANCE; GROWTH RATE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LAKE; LINOLEIC ACID; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; STEARIDONIC ACID;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACID; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EUROPE; LAKE CONSTANCE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA GALEATA; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; STEPHANODISCUS HANTZSCHII;

EID: 0034799546     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2507:pfaefn]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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