Potential polyunsaturated aldehydes in the Strait of Gibraltar under two tidal regimes

Marine Drugs

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1438-1459

  Morillo García, Soledad ^a   Valcaŕcel Pérez, Nerea ^a   Cózar, Andrés ^a   Ortega, María J ^a   Maciás, Diego ^b   Ramiŕez Romero, Eduardo ^a   García, Carlos M ^a   Echevarría, Fidel ^a   Bartual, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decadienal; Diatoms; Heptadienal; Octadienal; Physiological stress; Polyunsaturated aldehydes; Strait of Gibraltar

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; CHLOROPHYLL; DECADIENAL; HEPTADIENAL; OCTADIENAL; POLYUNSATURATED ALDEHYDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEOGRAPHY; GIBRALTAR; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOMS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

EID: 84896734698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md12031438     Document Type: Article

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