Variability of Lipids and Fatty Acids in Pacific Walrus Blubber

Autor:	Chadwick V. Jay, Sara J. Iverson, Anthony S. Fischbach
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	walrus blubber lipid fatty acid lactation condition Science General. Including nature conservation geographical distribution QH1-199.5
Zdroj:	Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 8 (2021)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2296-7745 55468004
DOI:	10.3389/fmars.2021.603065
Popis:	The variability of lipid content and fatty acid (FA) composition across blubber depth and body sites are important considerations for condition and diet studies of marine mammals. We investigated lipid and FA variability among inner and outer blubber layers, three body sites, four study years, and lactation status of adult female Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) using blubber samples collected from subsistence-harvested walruses in spring 2007–2010. Percent lipid content did not differ between the inner and outer blubber layers at the rump, flank, or sternum of walruses. Although FA composition differed between the inner and outer blubber layers, the difference was consistent across body sites, and differences between layers within individual FAs were small (
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