Copepods in turbid shallow soda lakes accumulate unexpected high levels of carotenoids

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Schneider, Tobias ^a,c   Herzig, Alois ^b   Koinig, Karin A ^a   Sommaruga, Ruben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Biological Research Station Neusiedler See   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CAROTENOID; MYCOSPORINE LIKE AMINO ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCTODIAPTOMUS SPINOSUS; ARTICLE; COPEPOD; DARK WATER LAKE; FEMALE; LAKE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBID SHALLOW SODA LAKE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; COPEPODA; FEMALE; LAKES; MALE;

EID: 84865081099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043063     Document Type: Article

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