Fatty acid composition of lipid-rich myctophids and mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) - Southern Ocean food-web implications

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 843-854

  Lea, Mary Anne ^a,b   Nichols, Peter D ^a,c   Wilson, Gareth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; LIPID; PELAGIC FISH; PREDATION;

MACQUARIE RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CEPHALOPODA; CHAMPSOCEPHALUS GUNNARI; ELECTRONA ANTARCTICA; GYMNOSCOPELUS FRASERI; GYMNOSCOPELUS NICHOLSI; MYCTOPHIDAE; PROTOMYCTOPHUM TENISONI;

EID: 0036923272     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-002-0428-1     Document Type: Article

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