Inferring phytoplankton community composition with a fatty acid mixing model

Ecosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Strandberg, U ^a   Taipale, S J ^b   Hiltunen, M ^a   Galloway, A W E ^a,c,e   Brett, M T ^d   Kankaala, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Bayesian mixing model; Chemotaxonomic marker; FASTAR; Food quality; Freshwater phytoplankton; Polyunsaturated fatty acid; Seasonality; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENIDA; RAPHIDOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84922019668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00382.1     Document Type: Article

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