Potential dietary influence on the stable isotopes and fatty acid compositions of jellyfishes in the Yellow Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1325-1333

  Ying, Cui ^a,b   Ying, Wu ^a   Jing, Zhang ^a   Na, Wang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dietary influence; fatty acids; jellyfish; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMARKER; BODY SIZE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARNIVORE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETRITUS; DIET; FATTY ACID; FISH; GROWTH RATE; JELLYFISH; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

AURELIA AURITA; CYANEA NOZAKII; PISCES; SCYPHOZOA; STOMOLOPHUS MELEAGRIS;

EID: 84865960608     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315412000082     Document Type: Article

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