Seasonal shifts in the diet of lake zooplankton revealed by phospholipid fatty acid analysis

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-104

  Taipale, Sami ^a   Kankaala, Paula ^b   Hämäläinen, Heikki ^c   Jones, Roger I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Diet; Food web; Phospholipid fatty acids; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA LONGISPINA;

EID: 57449100664     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02094.x     Document Type: Article

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