作者: F. G. PRAHL , G. EGLINTON , E. D. S. CORNER , S. C. M. O'HARA
DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.224.4654.1235
关键词: Phytol 、 Pellets 、 Zooplankton 、 Copepod 、 Biology 、 Ecology 、 Elminius modestus 、 Crustacean 、 Environmental chemistry 、 Sediment 、 Deposition (geology)
摘要: Dihydrophytol(3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanol) was identified in the nonsaponified lipid fraction of fecal pellets from copepod Calanus helgolandicus fed laboratory on a unialgal diet. Direct deposition certain zooplankton species may explain presence dihydrophytol marine sediments. Microbial reduction phytol sediment cores does not account for origin this compound all sedimentary environments.