Effect of a low-fat diet on body composition and blubber fatty acids of captive juvenile harp seals (Phoca groenlandica)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-59

  Kirsch, Penny E ^a   Iverson, Sara J ^a   Don Bowen, W ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

BODY CONDITION; DIET; FAT RESERVE; FATTY ACID; PINNIPED; SURVIVAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; MALE; SEALS, EARLESS;

ANIMALIA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034013865     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316723     Document Type: Article

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