Lipid contents and fatty acid compositions of Idotea baltica and Sphaeroma serratum (Crustacea: Isopoda) as indicators of food sources

Zoological Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-50

  Prato, Ermelinda ^a   Danieli, Antonio ^b   Maffia, Michele ^b   Biandolino, Francesca ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Idotea baltica; Lipids; Sphaeroma serratum; Trophic markers

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRUSTACEA; DINOPHYCEAE; IDOTEA BALTICA; ISOPODA; SPHAEROMA SERRATUM;

EID: 84855185957     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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