Bioconversion of fatty acids at the basis of marine food webs: Insights from a compound-specific stable isotope analysis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 465, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-67

  De Troch, Marleen ^a   Boeckx, Pascal ^b   Cnudde, Clio ^a   Van Gansbeke, Dirk ^a   Vanreusel, Ann ^a   Vincx, Magda ^a   Caramujo, Maria José ^c  

^a Marine Biology   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioconversion; Compound specific stable isotope analysis; Fatty acids; Harpacticoid copepods

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; FATTY ACID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; MICROARTHRIDION LITTORALE;

EID: 84866974596     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09920     Document Type: Article

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