A highly unsaturated fatty acid predicts carbon transfer between primary producers and consumers

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6765, 2000, Pages 74-77

  Müller Navarra, Dörthe C ^a   Brett, Michael T ^b   Liston, Anne M ^a   Goldman, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON; FATTY ACID; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARNIVORE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY TRANSFER; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FOOD CHAIN; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0040735734     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/47469     Document Type: Article

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