Ecological significance of sterols in aquatic food webs

Lipids in Aquatic Ecosystems

Volumn 9780387893662, Issue , 2009, Pages 43-64

  Martin Creuzburg, Dominik ^a   Von Elert, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89366-2_3     Document Type: Chapter

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