Plasma non-esterified fatty acids of elasmobranchs: Comparisons of temperate and tropical species and effects of environmental salinity

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-216

  Speers Roesch, Ben ^a   Ip, Yuen K ^b   Ballantyne, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch fish; Lipids; n 3 n 6 ratio; Non esterified fatty acids; Plasma; Salinity acclimation; Temperate; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASMOBRANCHII; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FRESHWATER FISH; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ELASMOBRANCHII; HIMANTURA SIGNIFER; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 38749145888     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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