Fatty acid signatures of stomach oil and adipose tissue of northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) in Alaska: Implications for diet analysis of Procellariiform birds

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 893-903

  Wang, Shiway W ^a   Iverson, Sara J ^b   Springer, Alan M ^c   Hatch, Scott A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Diet analysis; Fatty acid signature analysis; Fulmarus glacialis; Stomach oil

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BIRD; DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALASKA; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BIRDS; DIET; FATTY ACIDS; LIPID METABOLISM; STOMACH;

AVES; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 35448962167     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0187-y     Document Type: Article

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