The high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids in Nannochloropsis limnetica (Eustigmatophyceae) and its implication for food web interactions, freshwater aquaculture and biotechnology

Limnologica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-210

  Krienitz, Lothar ^a   Wirth, Manfred ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Biotechnology; Chlorophyceae; Eustigmatophyceae; Food web interactions; Nannochloropsis; Picoplankton; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Trebouxiophyceae

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PICOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CHORICYSTIS MINOR; EUSTIGMATOPHYCEAE; MONORAPHIDIUM NEGLECTUM; NANNOCHLOROPSIS LIMNETICA; PSEUDODICTYOSPHAERIUM JURISII; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBTUSIUSCULUS;

EID: 33748192925     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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