Population structure and accumulation of lipids in the ctenophore Mertensia ovum

Marine Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1345-1353

  Lundberg, Marte ^a,c   Hop, Haakon ^a   Eiane, Ketil ^b   Gulliksen, Bjørn ^c   Falk Petersen, Stig ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCUMULATION RATE; ANGIOSPERM; INVERTEBRATE; LIPID; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALIA; MERTENSIA OVUM;

EID: 33748464001     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0283-7     Document Type: Article

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