Daphnia fatty acid composition reflects that of their diet

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2428-2437

  Brett, Michael T ^a   Müller Navarra, Dörthe C ^b,c   Ballantyne, Ashley P ^a,d   Ravet, Joseph L ^a   Goldman, Charles R ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FATTY ACID; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX;

EID: 33749487863     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.5.2428     Document Type: Article

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