Unexpected shifts in fatty acid composition in response to diet in a common littoral amphipod

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 479, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-12

  McLeod, R J ^a   Hyndes, G A ^b   Hurd, C L ^a   Frew, R D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

13C tracer; Biomarker; Compoundspecific stable isotopes; Food web; GC IRMS; Invertebrate; Seaweed; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMARKER; DIET; FATTY ACID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEAWEED; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; TURNOVER;

AMPHIPODA; CHLOROPHYTA; DURVILLAEA ANTARCTICA; ECKLONIA; ECKLONIA RADIATA; INVERTEBRATA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; ULVA;

EID: 84876007449     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10327     Document Type: Article

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