Trophodynamics and seasonal cycle of the copepod Pseudocalanus acuspes in the Central Baltic Sea (Bornholm Basin): Evidence from lipid composition

Marine Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1417-1429

  Peters, Janna ^a   Renz, Jasmin ^b   Van Beusekom, Justus ^b   Boersma, Maarten ^b   Hagen, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; CRUSTACEAN; DIETARY SHIFT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FATTY ACID; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BORNHOLM BASIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; PSEUDOCALANUS ACUSPES;

EID: 33748420953     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0290-8     Document Type: Article

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