Energy reserves of Southern Ocean copepods: Triacylglycerols with unusually long-chain monounsaturated fatty acids

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 138-139, Issue , 2012, Pages 7-12

  Kattner, Gerhard ^a   Graeve, Martin ^a   Hagen, Wilhelm ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Fatty acid pathways; Life strategy; Lipid biosynthesis; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FATTY ACID; FOOD SUPPLY; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CALANUS PROPINQUUS; CALANUS SIMILLIMUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 84862633982     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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