Lipid, sterols and fatty acids of abyssal polychaetes, crustaceans, and a cnidarian from the northeast Pacific Ocean: Food web implications

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 372, Issue , 2008, Pages 157-167

  Drazen, Jeffrey C ^a   Phleger, Charles F ^b,c   Guest, Michaela A ^d   Nichols, Peter D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Crustacea; Deep sea; Fatty acid biomarkers; Lipid composition; Polychaeta; Sterols; Trophic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; LIPID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYCHAETE; STEROL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

AMPHIPODA; ANEMONE; ANIMALIA; BATHYPHELLIA AUSTRALIS; CARIDEAN; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LAETMONICE; LYSIANASSIDAE; MUNIDOPSIS; PARADIOPATRA; POLYCHAETA; TRAVISIA;

EID: 58249118176     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07707     Document Type: Article

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