Selective transfer of polyunsaturated fatty acids from phytoplankton to planktivorous fish in large boreal lakes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 536, Issue , 2015, Pages 858-865

  Strandberg, Ursula ^a   Hiltunen, Minna ^a   Jelkänen, Elli ^a   Taipale, Sami J ^a   Kainz, Martin J ^b   Brett, Michael T ^c   Kankaala, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal lake; Cladocerans; Copepods; Coregonus albula; Osmerus eperlanus; Phytoplankton; Planktivorous fish; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; FISH; FISHERIES; MEATS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

BOREAL LAKES; CLADOCERANS; COPEPODS; COREGONUS ALBULA; OSMERUS EPERLANUS; PLANKTIVOROUS FISH; ZOOPLANKTON;

LAKES;

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC FISH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTIVORE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; COREGONUS ALBULA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DIATOM; FISHERY; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MALACOSTRACA; MYSIS RELICTA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OSMERIFORMES; OSMERUS EPERLANUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTIVORE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONID; ANIMAL; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; LAKE; METABOLISM;

FINLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; COREGONUS ALBULA; CRYPTOPHYTA; MYSIDA; MYSIS RELICTA; OSMERUS EPERLANUS;

ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 84939425572     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.010     Document Type: Article

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