Seasonal variation in wax ester concentration and gut content in a Baltic Sea copepod [Limnocalanus macrurus (Sars 1863)]

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 286-297

  Dahlgren, Kristin ^a   Olsen, Bernt Rydland ^b   Troedsson, Christofer ^c   Båmstedt, Ulf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Uni Research AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bothnian Bay; DHPLC; gut content; Limnocalanus macrurus; wax esters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BAY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARNIVORE; CRUSTACEAN; ESTER; FEEDING; FOOD PREFERENCE; ICE COVER; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; LIFE HISTORY; LIPID; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMACH CONTENT; TAXONOMY; WAX; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BOTHNIAN BAY; GULF OF BOTHNIA;

COPEPODA; LIMNOCALANUS MACRURUS;

EID: 84858196086     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs005     Document Type: Article

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