Lipids in Aquatic Ecosystems

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Algal Lipids and Effect of the Environment on their Biochemistry -- 2 Formation and Transfer of Fatty Acids in Aquatic Microbial Food Webs: Role of Heterotrophic Protists -- 3 Ecological Significance of Sterols in Aquatic Food Webs -- 4 Fatty Acids and Oxylipins as Semiochemicals -- 5 Integrating Lipids and Contaminants in Aquatic Ecology and Ecotoxicology -- 6 Crustacean Zooplankton Fatty Acid Composition -- 7 Fatty Acid Ratios in Freshwater Fish, Zooplankton and Zoobenthos 8211; Are There Specific Optima? -- 8 Preliminary Estimates of the Export of Omega-3 Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids (EPA + DHA) from Aquatic to Terrestrial Ecosystems -- 9 Biosynthesis of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Aquatic Ecosystems: General Pathways and New Directions -- 10 Health and Condition in Fish: The Influence of Lipids on Membrane Competency and Immune Response -- 11 Lipids in Marine Copepods: Latitudinal Characteristics and Perspective to Global Warming -- 12 Tracing Aquatic Food Webs Using Fatty Acids: From Qualitative Indicators to Quantitative Determination -- 13 Essential Fatty Acids in Aquatic Food Webs -- 14 Human Life: Caught in the Food Web -- Name Index -- Subject Index.