Transfer of lipids from plankton to blubber of harp and hooded seals off East Greenland

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 21-22, 2009, Pages 2080-2086

  Falk Petersen, Stig ^a,b   Haug, Tore ^b,c   Hop, Haakon ^a   Nilssen, Kjell T ^c   Wold, Anette ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

East Greenland Sea; Fatty acids; Harp seal; Hooded seal; Lipids; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALANUS; EAST GREENLAND SEA; FATTY ACID PROFILES; FOOD CHAIN; GREENLAND; HARP SEAL; HOODED SEAL; LIPID DYNAMICS; PHAEOCYSTIS; SPRING BLOOMS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; SUB-ARCTIC; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ACIDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FATTY ACIDS; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIETARY OVERLAP; FAT RESERVE; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORE; LIPID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PINNIPED; PLANKTON; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANUS; CYSTOPHORA (MAMMALIA); CYSTOPHORA CRISTATA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII; PHOCA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA;

EID: 70349231071     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.11.020     Document Type: Article

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