Blubber fatty acid composition of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus: Implications for diet assessment and ecosystem monitoring

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-46

  Budge, S M ^a   Springer, A M ^b   Iverson, S J ^a   Sheffield, G ^c   Rosa, C ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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

^d DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging ecology; Lipids; Western Arctic

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; FATTY ACID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIPID; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC LEVEL; WHALE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARROW; BARTER ISLAND; BEAUFORT SEA; KAKTOVIK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; COPEPODA;

EID: 41949092833     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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