A critical assessment of different transmethylation procedures commonly employed in the fatty acid analysis of aquatic organisms

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 523-531

  Schlechtriem, Christian ^a,b   Henderson, R James ^a   Tocher, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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COPEPODA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 56549130970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2008.6.523     Document Type: Article

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