Polyunsaturated fatty acids in fishes increase with total lipids irrespective of feeding sources and trophic position

Ecosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Kainz, M J ^a   Hager, H H ^a   Rasconi, S ^a   Kahilainen, K K ^b   Amundsen, P A ^c   Hayden, B ^d  

^a Inter university Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyprinid; Fatty acids; Percid; Salmonid; Special feature: biomarkers in trophic ecology; Stable isotopes; Trophic biomarker

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018989060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1753     Document Type: Article

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