Fatty acid signature analysis from the milk of Antarctic fur seals and Southern elephant seals from South Georgia: Implications for diet determination

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 187, Issue , 1999, Pages 251-263

  Brown, David J ^a,b   Boyd, Ian L ^a   Cripps, Geoff C ^a   Butler, Patrick J ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Elephant seal; Fatty acids; Foraging; Fur seal; Milk; South Georgia; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

DIET; FATTY ACID; MARINE MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; PINNIPED;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELEPHANT; EUPHAUSIACEA; GAZELLA; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; MYCTOPHIDAE; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033554580     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps187251     Document Type: Article

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