Temporal and sex differences in the blubber fatty acid profiles of the New Zealand sea lion Phocarctos hookeri

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 366, Issue , 2008, Pages 271-279

  Meynier, Laureline ^a,b   Morel, Patrick C H ^b   Chilvers, B Louise ^c   Mackenzie, Duncan D S ^b   MacGibbon, Alastair ^d   Duignan, Padraig J ^a,e  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d FONTERRA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^e An Roinn Talmhaiochta lascaigh agus Bia   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Diet; Fatty acid analysis; Fatty acid metabolism; Phocarctos hookeri; Sex variation; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BYCATCH; DIET; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FAT RESERVE; FATTY ACID; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; PINNIPED; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CEPHALOPODA; OTARIIDAE; PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI;

EID: 53549099357     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07617     Document Type: Article

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