Fatty acid ratios in freshwater fish, zooplankton and zoobenthos - Are there specific optima?

Lipids in Aquatic Ecosystems

Volumn 9780387893662, Issue , 2009, Pages 147-178

  Ahlgren, Gunnel ^a   Vrede, Tobias ^a,b   Goedkoop, Willem ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89366-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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