Modelling the role of highly unsaturated fatty acids in planktonic food web processes: Sensitivity analysis and examination of contemporary hypotheses

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-98

  Perhar, Gurbir ^a   Arhonditsis, George B ^a   Brett, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumers; Growth limitation; Internal nutrient quota; Plant animal interface; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENERGY FLOW; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 84871809549     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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