Ontogenic variations in fatty acid and alcohol composition of the pelagic amphipod Themisto libellula in Kongsfjorden (Svalbard)

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 805-816

  Noyon, Margaux ^a,b,c   Narcy, Fanny ^a,b,d,e   Gasparini, Stéphane ^a,b   Mayzaud, Patrick ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHIPOD; CARNIVORY; DIATOM; DIET; FATTY ACID; FJORD; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; OMNIVORY; ONTOGENY; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANUS; THEMISTO LIBELLULA;

EID: 84858747594     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1856-7     Document Type: Article

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