Body composition in aquatic organisms - A global data bank of relationships between mass, elemental composition and energy content

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 334-340

  Brey, Thomas ^a   Müller Wiegmann, Corinna ^b   Zittier, Zora M C ^a   Hagen, Wilhelm ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body Composition; C N P Ratio; Conversion Factor; Energy Content

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LIPID; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77954957296     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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