Interannual variability in fatty acid composition of the copepod Neocalanus plumchrus in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 382, Issue , 2009, Pages 151-161

  El Sabaawi, Rana ^a,c   Dower, John F ^a   Kainz, Martin ^a,b   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Copepod; DHA; Diapause; Diet; Docosahexaeonic acid; Eicosapentaeonic acid; EPA; Fatty acids; Food quality; Neocalanus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; DIAPAUSE; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; FATTY ACID; FOOD QUALITY; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; OMNIVORY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEOCALANUS; NEOCALANUS PLUMCHRUS;

EID: 66649123332     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07915     Document Type: Article

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