Lipid storage in marine zooplankton

RF Lee, W Hagen, G Kattner - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2006 - int-res.com
Zooplankton storage lipids play an important role during reproduction, food scarcity,
ontogeny and diapause, as shown by studies in various oceanic regions. While …

Interannual and between species comparison of the lipids, fatty acids and sterols of Antarctic krill from the US AMLR Elephant Island survey area

CF Phleger, MM Nelson, BD Mooney… - … and Physiology Part B …, 2002 - Elsevier
Antarctic euphausiids, Euphausia superba, E. tricantha, E. frigida and Thysanoessa macrura
were collected near Elephant∣ Island¦ during 1997 and 1998. Total lipid was highest in E …

Protozoans as a food source for Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba: Complementary insights from stomach content, fatty acids, and stable isotopes

K Schmidt, A Atkinson, KJ Petzke… - Limnology and …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
We studied the diet of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, at five stations across the
southwest Atlantic sector in summer 2003 by analyzing stomach content, fatty acids, and …

Lipid metabolism of the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba and its ecological implications

W Hagen, G Kattner, A Terbrüggen, ES Van Vleet - Marine Biology, 2001 - Springer
Various developmental stages (early larvae to adults) of Euphausia superba have been
collected in different seasons in the Weddell Sea, the Lazarev Sea and off the Antarctic …

Trophic-level interpretation based on δ15N values: implications of tissue-specific fractionation and amino acid composition

K Schmidt, JW McClelland, E Mente… - Marine Ecology …, 2004 - int-res.com
Stable nitrogen isotope ratios are routinely used to disentangle trophic relationships.
Several authors have discussed factors in addition to diet that might contribute to variability …

Diet of demersal sharks and chimaeras inferred by fatty acid profiles and stomach content analysis

H Pethybridge, RK Daley, PD Nichols - Journal of Experimental Marine …, 2011 - Elsevier
Obtaining adequate dietary information for many shark and chimaera species has long been
a challenge for ecosystem managers, largely due to logistical difficulties in the collection of …

Lipids as markers of nutritional condition and diet in the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba and Euphausia crystallorophias during austral winter

SJ Ju, HR Harvey - Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in …, 2004 - Elsevier
To understand the nutritional condition and feeding history of Antarctic krill during winter,
Euphausia superba and E. crystallorophias were collected by MOCNESS during July …

Lipids and trophodynamics of Antarctic zooplankton

CF Phleger, PD Nichols, P Virtue - … and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and …, 1998 - Elsevier
Zooplankton were collected by trawl from the Elephant Island region of the Antarctic
Peninsula and from East Antarctica near 63–65° S and 139–150° W. Most zooplankton had …

Phytopigments and fatty acids as molecular markers for the quality of near-bottom particulate organic matter in the North Sea

AR Boon, GCA Duineveld - Journal of Sea Research, 1996 - Elsevier
In February, May and August 1994, four stations in the North Sea (viz. at the Broad
Fourteens, Frisian Front, German Bight and Skagerrak) were visited to sample near-bottom …

On the use of lipid biomarkers in marine food web analyses: An experimental case study on the Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba

D Stübing, W Hagen, K Schmidt - Limnology and …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The application of marker fatty acids to trace the feeding habits of Euphausia superba (krill)
has produced contradictory results. We examined the effects of various diets on the fatty acid …