The importance of highly unsaturated fatty acids in zooplankton nutrition: Evidence from experiments with Daphnia, a cyanobacterium and lipid emulsions

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 649-664

  Demott, William R ^a,b   Müller Navarra, Dörthe C ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIIDAE; PULICARIA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS ACUTUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2642680807     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1997.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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