Lipids as trophic markers in Antarctic krill. II. Lipid composition of the body and digestive gland of Euphausia superba in controlled conditions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 296, Issue , 2005, Pages 65-79

  Alonzo, Frédéric ^a,b,c,d   Virtue, Patti ^a   Nicol, Stephen ^b   Nichols, Peter D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctic krill; Digestive gland; Euphausia superba; Fatty acid; Lipid class; Trophic marker

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; FATTY ACID; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SP.; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; ROTIFERA; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE;

EID: 23744443528     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps296065     Document Type: Article

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