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Fatty acid analyses were used to study the transition from endogenous to exogenous feeding in Arcto-Norwegian cod larvae Gadus morhua L. sampled from Lofoten waters, Northern Norway in April 1985. Fatty acids of total lipids were analysed from phytoplankton, eggs and nauplii of Calanus finmarchicus, and cod eggs and larvae. Gas chromatographic and gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric methods were used. On the basis of these analyses it is suggested that lipids of phytoplankton origin form an important part of the diet of cod larvae during the first feeding period.
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Klungsøyr, J., Tilseth, S., Wilhelmsen, S. et al. Fatty acid composition as an indicator of food intake in cod larvae Gadus morhua from Lofoten, Northern Norway. Mar. Biol. 102, 183–188 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00428278
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