Seasonal lipid dynamics of the copepods Pseudocalanus minutus (Calanoida) and Oithona similis (Cyclopoida) in the Arctic Kongsfjorden (Svalbard)

Marine Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 443-454

  Lischka, Silke ^a   Hagen, Wilhelm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIETARY SHIFT; FATTY ACID; SEASONAL VARIATION;

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

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANOIDA; CALANUS; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OITHONA SIMILIS; PSEUDOCALANUS MINUTUS;

EID: 33845703968     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0359-4     Document Type: Article

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