Understanding the Trophic Role of the Antarctic Ctenophore, Callianira antarctica , using Lipid Biomarkers

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Ju, Se-Jong, Scolardi, Kerri M., Daly, Kendra L., Harvey, H. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2004
• Subjects: Lipid Class; Fatty Alcohol; Phosphatidyl Choline; Potential Prey; Syntactic Foam; Life Sciences; Antarctic; Austral; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Copepods
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/846; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-004-0652-y

To better understand the trophic role of ctenophores in Antarctica during austral fall and winter, a major species of cydippid ctenophore, Callianira antarctica, was collected during April/May (fall) and August/September (winter) 2002 in the vicinity of Marguerite Bay. Lipid content, lipid classes,...