Temporal and inter-specific variations in forage fish feeding conditions in the NW Mediterranean: Lipid content and fatty acid compositional changes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 512, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-54

  Pethybridge, H ^a   Bodin, N ^b   Arsenault Pernet, E J ^b   Bourdeix, J H ^b   Brisset, B ^b   Bigot, J L ^b   Roos, D ^b   Peter, M ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Clupeiformes; Ecosystem health; Environmental variations; Nutritional condition; Prey quality; Trophic markers

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FATTY ACID; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIPID; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

CLUPEIFORMES;

EID: 84907957962     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10864     Document Type: Article

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