Degradation state of algal diets affects fatty acid composition but not size of red urchin gonads

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 509, Issue , 2014, Pages 213-225

  Raymond, Wendel W ^a   Lowe, Alexander T ^a,b   Galloway, Aaron W E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drift algae; Fatty acids; Food availability; Gonad index; Red urchins; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; DIET; ECHINODERM; FATTY ACID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEAWEED; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 84903906780     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10888     Document Type: Article

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