Carotenoid pigments and trophic behaviour of Crustacea from the Snake Pit hydrothermal area (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 23 degree N)
Negre-Sadargues, G.; Segonzac, M.; Castillo, R. (1997). Carotenoid pigments and trophic behaviour of Crustacea from the Snake Pit hydrothermal area (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 23 degree N), in: Biologie des sources hydrothermales profondes = Biology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents: Journées d'échanges du Programme DORSALES = DORSALES Workshop Roscoff 6-8 octobre 1997. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 38(2): pp. 134-135
In: (1997). Biologie des sources hydrothermales profondes = Biology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents: Journées d'échanges du Programme DORSALES = DORSALES Workshop Roscoff 6-8 octobre 1997. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 38(2)[s.n.][s.l.]. 111-149 pp., more
In: Cahiers de Biologie Marine. Station Biologique de Roscoff: Paris. ISSN 0007-9723; e-ISSN 2262-3094, more
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- Negre-Sadargues, G.
- Segonzac, M., more
- Castillo, R.
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| Abstract |
The colour of Crustacea living in coastal or shallow waters depends upon carotenoid pigments, astaxanthin in particular, often forming carotenolipoprotein complexes. Contrary to other natural pigmentary substances occurring in invertebrates, carotenoids are not synthesized de novo, and must be obtained with the diet. So, the aphotic conditions excluding photosynthetic production, it was therefore interesting to investigate the origin of these pigments in crustaceans from the deep-sea zone. |
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