The nutritional importance of polyunsaturated fatty acids and their use as trophic markers for herbivorous zooplankton: Does it contradict?

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 167, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 501-513

  Müller Navarra, Dörthe C ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EPA; Homeostasis; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Trophic marker

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; COPEPODA; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS EROSA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA GALEATA; DAPHNIIDAE; EUDIAPTOMUS; NITZSCHIA PALEA; PHYLLOPODA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS;

EID: 33750210830     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0167-0501     Document Type: Article

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