Body distribution and source of mycosporine-like amino acids in the cyclopoid copepod Cyclops abyssorum tatricus

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1430-1444

  Orfeo, Michela ^a   Ventura, Marc ^b,c   Tartarotti, Barbara ^a   Sommaruga, Ruben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

alpine lakes; MAAs; stable isotopes; trophic interactions; UV radiation; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AMINO ACID; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP WATER; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIET; EGG; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ONTOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; CYCLOPS ABYSSORUM TATRICUS;

EID: 80051710831     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr037     Document Type: Article

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