Production rates of volatile fatty acids in the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) forestomach

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-31

  Olsen, Monica Alterskjær ^a   Mathiesen, Svein Disch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Forestomach; Minke whale; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; LIPID; PROTEIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEA; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FERMENTATION; FORESTOMACH; NONHUMAN; STOMACH PH; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; STOMACH; WHALES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; CRUSTACEA; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; THYSANOESSA;

EID: 0030066218     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19960107     Document Type: Article

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