Lipids and trophic linkages in harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) from the eastern Barents Sea

Polar Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Falk Petersen, stig ^a   Haug, Tore ^b   Nilssen, Kjell T ^b   Wold, Anette ^a   Dahl, Trine M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLOW; FATTY ACID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIPID; PINNIPED;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

AMPHIPODA; BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CALANUS; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; GADUS MORHUA; LIBELLULA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; THEMISTO; THEMISTO LIBELLULA;

EID: 3042743386     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2004.tb00128.x     Document Type: Article

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