Imbalance of fatty acids in the base of the Baltic Sea food web - A mesocosm study

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2240-2253

  Ahlgren, Gunnel ^a   Van Nieuwerburgh, Lies ^a   Wänstrand, Ingrid ^a   Pedersén, Marianne ^b   Boberg, Merike ^c   Snoeijs, Pauli ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; MESOCOSM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

COPEPODA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); SALMO SALAR;

EID: 32644432782     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-140     Document Type: Article

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