Dietary shifts in the copepod Temora longicornis during spring: Evidence from stable isotope signatures, fatty acid biomarkers and feeding experiments

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-60

  Gentsch, Eike ^a   Kreibich, Tobias ^a   Hagen, Wilhelm ^b   Niehoff, Barbara ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CRUSTACEAN; DIETARY SHIFT; FATTY ACID; FEEDING MECHANISM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPRING (SEASON); STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; TEMORA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 57749198199     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn097     Document Type: Article

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