The Antarctic zooplankton is adapted to low temperatures and the shortness of the primary production period. The lipid characterisation in these animals can increase the knowledge of biological and biochemical adaptation and of the transfer through trophic levels of molecules considered as environmental biomarkers. Therefore in the present study were analysed hydrocarbons, sterols, fatty acids (FAMEs) and waxes from the total lipid extracts of three zooplankton samples (1mm mesh Plankton Hamburg Net) collected on December 1997 in the stations PHN20, 22 and 30 in the "Continental Slope" sector of the Ross Sea.
LIPID ENVIRONMENTAL BIOMARKERS IN PLANKTON OF THE ROSS SEA (ANTARCTICA)
MONTI, GIANPIERA;BONI, LAURITA;Ravaioli M.;FABBRI, MICAELA;SERRAZANETTI, GIAN PAOLO
2005
Abstract
The Antarctic zooplankton is adapted to low temperatures and the shortness of the primary production period. The lipid characterisation in these animals can increase the knowledge of biological and biochemical adaptation and of the transfer through trophic levels of molecules considered as environmental biomarkers. Therefore in the present study were analysed hydrocarbons, sterols, fatty acids (FAMEs) and waxes from the total lipid extracts of three zooplankton samples (1mm mesh Plankton Hamburg Net) collected on December 1997 in the stations PHN20, 22 and 30 in the "Continental Slope" sector of the Ross Sea.File in questo prodotto:
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