Fatty acids and stable isotopes (13C, 15N) in southern right whale Eubalaena australis calves in relation toage and mortality at Peninsula Valdes, Argentina

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Marón, Carina Flavia, Budge, Suzanne M., Ward, Robert E., Valenzuela, Luciano Oscar, Di Martino, Matías, Ricciardi, Marcos, Sironi, Mariano, Uhart, Marcela, Seger, Jon, Rowntree, Victoria J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research
• Subjects: FATTY ACIDS; CALVES; DIET; BLUBBER; MORTALITY; CARBON-13; NITROGEN-15; NUTRITIONANL STATUS; GROWTH; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Ballenas; baleen whales; Southern Right Whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/118385

Baleen whales accumulate fat reserves during the summer to sustain reproduction while fasting in the winter. The southern right whale Eubalaena australis population that calves off Península Valdés, Argentina, experienced high calf mortality events from 2003 to 2013 and poor nutritional states of mo...