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

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Stübing, Dorothea, Hagen, Wilhelm, Schmidt, Katrin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2003
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Bellingshausen Sea; Lazarev; Lazarev Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; ice algae
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2003.48.4.1685; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.4319%2Flo.2003.48.4.1685; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.2003.48.4.1685; https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.2003.48.4.1685

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 composition of larval, juvenile, and adult E. superba collected in April 1999 in the southwest Lazarev Sea and...