Seasonal changes in the accumulation of polyunsaturated fatty acids in zooplankton

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-134

  Hartwich, Melanie ^a   Martin Creuzburg, Dominik ^b   Wacker, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accumulation; ARA; Copepods; Daphnia; DHA

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; OVERWINTERING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SESTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIIDAE;

EID: 84871943964     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs078     Document Type: Article

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