Fatty acid signatures differentiate marine macrophytes at ordinal and family ranks

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 956-965

  Galloway, Aaron W E ^a   Britton Simmons, Kevin H ^a   Duggins, David O ^a   Gabrielson, Paul W ^b   Brett, Michael T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal systematics; Essential fatty acids; Fatty acids; Food web biomarkers; Marine algae; Marine macrophytes; Primary production; Seagrasses

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 84864511259     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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