Direct determination of fatty acids in fish tissues: quantifying top predator trophic connections

Oecologia

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-95

  Parrish, Christopher C ^a   Nichols, Peter D ^b   Pethybridge, Heidi ^b   Young, Jock W ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albacore tuna; Direct transmethylation; Great white shark; Multivariate statistics; Signature fatty acids

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LIPID;

ANIMAL; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KRILL; LIVER; METABOLISM; PREDATION; SHARK; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TUNA;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DIET; EUPHAUSIACEA; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; LIPIDS; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SHARKS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUNA;

EID: 84924477548     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3131-3     Document Type: Article

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