Lipid catabolism of invertebrate predator indicates widespread wetland ecosystem degradation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Anteau, Michael J ^a,b   Afton, Alan D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; AYTHYA AFFINIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOLYSIS; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATOR; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WETLAND; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AYTHYA; AYTHYA AFFINIS; INVERTEBRATA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DUCKS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; LIPID METABOLISM; WETLANDS;

EID: 79251635928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016029     Document Type: Article

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