Tissue and size-related changes in the fatty acid and stable isotope signatures of the deep sea grenadier fish Coryphaenoides armatus from the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone region of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 421-430

  Mayor, Daniel J ^a   Sharples, Caroline J ^a,b   Webster, Lynda ^b   Walsham, Pamela ^b   Lacaze, Jean Pierre ^b   Cousins, Nicola J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coryphaenoides armatus; Diet; Fatty acid; Fractionation; Homeostasis; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CORYPHAENOIDES ARMATUS; DIETARY OVERLAP; HOMEOSTASIS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPES; TISSUE SPECIFICS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; FATTY ACIDS; FISH; FRACTIONATION; HISTOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MUSCLE; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

TISSUE HOMEOSTASIS;

ABYSSAL ZONE; DEEP-SEA FISHERY; DIET; FATTY ACID; FISH; FRACTURE ZONE; GROWTH RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; ONTOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENOIDES ARMATUS;

EID: 84888198457     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.02.030     Document Type: Article

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