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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2012

Fatty acid composition of consumers in boreal lakes - variation across species, space and time

Lau, Danny C P; Vrede, Tobias; Pickova, Jana; Goedkoop, Willem

Abstract

1. Fatty acids (FAs) have been widely applied as trophic biomarkers in aquatic food web studies. However, current knowledge of inter- and intraspecific variation in consumer FA compositions across spatial and temporal scales is constrained to a few pelagic taxa.

Keywords

biomarkers; fish; food web; macroinvertebrates; polyunsaturated fatty acids; trophic transfer; zooplankton

Published in

Freshwater Biology
2012, volume: 57, number: 1, pages: 24-38
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

Authors' information

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Food Science
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment

UKÄ Subject classification

Ecology

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02690.x

URI (permanent link to this page)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/41538