Blubber fatty acid profiles reveal regional, seasonal, age-class and sex differences in the diet of young Steller sea lions in Alaska

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 338, Issue , 2007, Pages 269-280

  Beck, Carrie A ^a,b   Rea, Lorrie D ^a   Iverson, Sara J ^c   Kennish, John M ^b   Pitcher, Kenneth W ^a   Fadely, Brian S ^d  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Eumetopias jubatus; Fatty acids; Independent foraging

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; DIET; FATTY ACID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS;

EID: 34250829787     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps338269     Document Type: Article

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