Vertical fatty acid profiles in blubber of a freshwater ringed seal - Comparison to a marine relative

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 407, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-265

  Strandberg, Ursula ^a   Sipilä, Tero ^b   Koskela, Jouni ^b   Kunnasranta, Mervi ^c   Käkelä, Reijo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diet; Lake Saimaa; Stratification; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FATTY ACID; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LIPID; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PINNIPED; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARCTIC; ETELA SUOMEN; FINLAND; LAKE SAIMAA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

PHOCA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PUSA HISPIDA HISPIDA; PUSA HISPIDA SAIMENSIS;

EID: 80052431097     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.06.021     Document Type: Article

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