Fatty acid composition of the blubber in white whales (Delphinapterus leucas)

Polar Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 401-409

  Dahl, Trine Merete ^a   Lydersen, Christian ^b   Kovacs, Kit M ^b   Falk Petersen, Stig ^b   Sargent, John ^c   Gjertz, Ian ^b   Gulliksen, Bjoørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DIET; FATTY ACID; WHALE;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; COPEPODA; DECAPODA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; PANDALUS BOREALIS;

EID: 0034046508     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050461     Document Type: Article

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