Temporal variations in fatty acid composition of deep-sea holothurians: Evidence of bentho-pelagic coupling

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 281, Issue , 2004, Pages 109-120

  Hudson, Ian R ^a   Pond, David W ^b   Billett, David S M ^a   Tyler, Paul A ^a   Lampitt, Richard S ^a   Wolff, George A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bentho pelagic coupling; Deep sea; Holothurian; Lipids; NE Atlantic; Seasonal flux

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIOMARKER; DIET; FATTY ACID; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PORCUPINE ABYSSAL PLAIN; WORLD;

AMPERIMA; AMPERIMA ROSEA; BATHYPLOTES NATANS; BENTHOGONE ROSEA; DEIMA VALIDUM; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; LAETMOGONE VIOLACEA; ONEIROPHANTA MUTABILIS; PARORIZA PALLENS; PARORIZA PROUHOI; PSYCHROPOTES LONGICAUDA;

EID: 9644304487     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps281109     Document Type: Article

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