Fatty acid composition of Mediterranean fin whale Balaenoptera physalus blubber with respect to body heterogeneity and trophic interaction

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 311, Issue , 2006, Pages 165-174

  Ruchonnet, Diane ^a,c   Boutoute, Marc ^a   Guinet, Christophe ^b   Mayzaud, Patrick ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Environmental Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera physalus; Blubber; Fatty acid; Trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; STRATIFICATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA;

EID: 33646820359     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps311165     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Ackman RG (1981) Application of flame ionization detectors to thin layer chromatography on coated quartz rods. Methods Enzymol 72:205-252
2. Ackman RG, Eaton CA (1966) Lipids of the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) from North Atlantic waters. III. Occurrence of eicosenoic and docosenoic fatty acids in the zooplankter Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars) and their effect on whale oil composition. Can J Biochem 44:1561-1566
3. Ackman RG, Eaton CA, Jangaard PM (1965) Lipids of the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) from North Atlantic waters. I. Fatty acid composition of whole blubber and blubber sections. Can J Biochem 43:1513-1520
4. Ackman RG, Eaton CA, Hooper SN (1968) Lipids of the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) from North Atlantic waters. IV. Fin whale milk. Can J Biochem 46:197-203
5. Ackman RG, Eaton CA, Sipos JC, Hooper SN, Castell JD (1970) Lipids and fatty acids of two species of North Atlantic krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica and Thysanoessa inermis) and their role in the aquatic food web. J Fish Res Board Can 27:513-533
6. Ackman RG, Hingley JH, Eaton CA, Logan VH, Odense PH (1975a) Layering and tissue composition in the blubber of the Northwest Atlantic sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis). Can J Zool 53:1340-1344
7. Ackman RG, Hingley JH, Eaton A, Sipos JC, Mitchell ED (1975b) Blubber fat deposition in mysticeti whales. Can J Zool 53:1332-1339
8. Allen WV (1976) Biochemical aspects of lipid storage and utilization in animals. Am Zool 16:631-647
9. Best NJ, Bradshaw CJA, Hindell MA, Nichols PD (2003) Vertical stratification of fatty acids in the blubber of the southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina): implications for diet analysis. Comp Biochem Physiol 134B:253-263
10. Bligh EG, Dyer WJ (1959) A rapid method of total lipid extraction and purification. Can J Biochem Physiol 37:911-917
11. Bottino NR (1978) Lipids of the Antarctic sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis. Lipids 13:18-23
12. Christopherson SW, Glass RL (1969) Preparation of milk fat methyl esters by alcoholysis in an essentially nonalcoholic solution. J Dairy Sci 52:1289-1290
13. Feltmann CF, Slijper EJ, Vervoort W (1948) Preliminary researches on the fat-content of meat and bone of blue and fin whales. Proc K Ned Akad Wet Ser C Bid Med Sci 51:604-1316
14. Forcada J, Aguilar A, Hammond P, Pastor X, Aguila R (1996) Distribution and abundance of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the western Mediterranean Sea during the summer. J Zool (Lond) 238:23-34
15. Fredheim B, Holen S, Ugland KI, Grahl-Nielsen O (1995) Fatty acid composition in blubber, heart and brain from phocid seals. In: Blix AS, Walloc L, Ulltang O (eds) Whales, seals, fish and man. Elsevier, Amsterdam, p 153-168
16. Gannier A (1997) Estimation du l'abondance estivale de rorqual commun Balaenoptera physalus (Linné, 1758) dans le bassin liguro- provençal (Méditerranée occidentale). Rev Ecol Terre Vie 52:69-86
17. Iverson SJ (1993) Milk secretion in marine mammals in relation to foraging; can milk fatty acids predict diets? Symp Zool Soc Lond 66:263-291
18. Iverson SJ (2002) Blubber. In: Thewissen JGM (ed) Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, p 107-112
19. Lebart L, Morineau A, Piron M (1995) Statistique exploratoire multidimensionnelle. Dunod, Paris
20. Lockyer C (1987) Evaluation of the role of fat reserves in relation to the ecology of North Atlantic fin and sei whales. In: Huntley AC, Costa DP, Worthy GAJ, Castellini MA (eds) Approaches to marine mammal energetics. Allen Press, Lawrence, KS, p 183-203
21. Lockyer CH, McConnell LC, Waters TD (1984) The biochemical composition of fin whale blubber. Can J Zool 62:2553-2562
22. Lockyer CH, McConnell LC, Waters TD (1985) Body condition in terms of anatomical and biochemical assessment of body fat in North Atlantic fin and sei whales. Can J Zool 63:2328-2338
23. Mayzaud P, Albessard E, Cuzin-Roudy J (1998) Changes in lipid composition of the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba in the Indian sector of the Antarctic Ocean. Distribution among organs and sexual maturity stage. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 173:149-162
24. Mayzaud P, Virtue P, Albessard E (1999) Seasonal changes in the lipid and fatty-acid composition of the euphausiid Meganyctiphanes norvegica from the Ligurian Sea. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 186:199-210
25. Notarbartolo di Sciara G, Zanardelli M, Jahoda M, Panigada S, Airoldi S (2003) The fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus (L. 1758), in the Mediterranean Sea. Mammal Rev 33:105-150
26. Olsen E, Grahl-Nielsen O (2003) Blubber fatty acids of minke whales: stratification, population identification and relation to diet. Mar Biol 142:13-24
27. Orsi Relini L, Giordano A (1992) Summer feeding of the fin whales, Balaenoptera physalus, in the Liguro-Provençal Basin. Eur Res Cetac 6:138-141
28. Pielou EC (1984) The interpretation of ecological data. John Wiley & Sons, New York
29. Pond CM, Mattacks CA, Gilmour I, Johnston MA, Pillinger CT (1995) Chemical and carbon isotopic composition of fatty acids in adipose tissue as indicators of dietary history in wild arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) on Svalbard. J Zool (Lond) 236:611-623
30. Reidinger RF, Labows JN, Fellows D, Mason JR (1985) Fatty acid composition of adipose tissue as an indicator of diet: a preliminary assessment. J Wildl Manag 49:170-177
31. Rouvinen K, Kiiskinen T (1989) Influence of dietary fat source on the body fat composition of mink (Mustela vison) and blue fox (Alopex lagopus). Acta Agr Scand 39:279-288
32. Smith SJ, Iverson SJ, Bowen WD (1997) Fatty acid signatures and classification trees: new tools for investigating the foraging ecology of seals. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 54:1377-1386
33. Viale D (1985) Cetaceans in the North-western Mediterranean: their place in the ecosystem. Oceanogr Mar Biol Annu Rev 23:491-571
34. Virtue P, Mayzaud P, Albessard E, Nichols P (2000) Use of fatty acids as dietary indicators in northern krill, Meganyctiphanes norvegica, from north-eastern Atlantic, Kattegat, and Mediterranean waters. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 57 (Suppl 3):104-114
35. Zar JH (1996) Biostatistical analysis, 3rd edn. Prentice-Hall, New York