Blubber fatty acids of minke whales: Stratification, population identification and relation to diet

Marine Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-24

  Olsen, E ^a   Grahl Nielsen, O ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIET; FATTY ACID; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; STOCK IDENTIFICATION; WHALE;

NORTH SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ANGUILLIFORMES; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; HYPOPTYCHIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038793702     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-002-0934-2     Document Type: Article

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