Fatty acid transfer in the food web of a coastal Mediterranean lagoon: Evidence for high arachidonic acid retention in fish

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 450-461

  Koussoroplis, Apostolos Manuel ^a,b   Bec, Alexandre ^a,b   Perga, Marie Elodie ^c   Koutrakis, Emmanuil ^d   Bourdier, Gilles ^a,b   Desvilettes, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Essential fatty acids; Estuarine ecosystems; Food quality; Foods webs; Mediterranean lagoons; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL ZONE; DIET; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACID; FISH; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIXING; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 78751578947     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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