A preliminary investigation of the lipids and fatty acids composition of Gammarus aequicauda (Crustacea: Amphipoda) and its main food source

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 345-348

  Biandolino, Francesca ^a   Prato, Ermelinda ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION;

AMPHIPODA; CHAETOMORPHA LINUM; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS AEQUICAUDA; LINUM;

EID: 33644913681     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406013191     Document Type: Article

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