Stability of fatty acid composition in seal blubber during long-term storage

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 461, Issue , 2012, Pages 283-291

  Lind, Ylva ^a   Bäcklin, Britt Marie ^a   Lundström, Karl ^b   Budge, Suzanne M ^c   Walton, Michael ^d   Karlsson, Olle ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Blubber; Fatty acid composition; Grey seal; Long term storage

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIET; FATTY ACID; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PINNIPED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPECIMEN BANK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84864883174     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09769     Document Type: Article

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