Variability in milk fatty acids: Recreating a foraging trip to test dietary predictions in Antarctic fur seals

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1099-1107

  Staniland, Iain J ^a   Pond, David ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIRY PRODUCTS; ECOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDING; ICE; NUTRITION;

ANTARCTIC FUR SEALS; FORAGING TRIP; ICEFISH; MILK FATTY ACIDS;

BIODIVERSITY;

DIET; FATTY ACID; MILK; PINNIPED;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; CHAMPSOCEPHALUS; CHAMPSOCEPHALUS GUNNARI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; GAZELLA; PHOCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 10044249137     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-088     Document Type: Article

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