Fatty acid biomarkers: Validation of food web and trophic markers using 13C-labelled fatty acids in juvenile sandeel (Ammodytes tobianus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1671-1680

  Dalsgaard, Johanne ^a   St John, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; EEL; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

AMMODYTES TOBIANUS;

EID: 12744281050     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-095     Document Type: Article

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