Use of ciliate and phytoplankton taxonomic composition for the estimation of eicosapentaenoic acid concentration in lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1385-1398

  Hartwich, Melanie ^a   Straile, Dietmar ^b   Gaedke, Ursula ^a   Wacker, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Diatoms; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Light; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DAPHNIIDAE;

EID: 84862134587     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02799.x     Document Type: Article

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