Astaxanthin in the calanoid copepod Calanus helgolandicus: Dynamics of esterification and vertical distribution in the German Bight, North Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 319, Issue , 2006, Pages 167-173

  Sommer, Frank ^a   Agurto, Cristian ^b   Henriksen, Peter ^c   Kiørboe, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Carotenoids; Photoprotection; Pigments; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CRUSTACEAN; PHOTOPROTECTION; PIGMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

CALANOIDA; CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 33748977612     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps319167     Document Type: Article

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