A comparison of the trophic transfer of fatty acids in freshwater plankton by cladocerans and calanoid copepods

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 889-903

  Burns, Carolyn W ^a   Brett, Michael T ^b   Schallenberg, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Boeckella; Daphnia; Phytoplankton; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Seston; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BOECKELLA; CALANOIDA; CERIODAPHNIA; CHLOROPHYTA; COPEPODA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA;

EID: 79953317514     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02534.x     Document Type: Article

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