Fatty acid composition of tissue samples from Arctic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) and their prey

• Main Authors: Skoglund, Eli G, Lydersen, Christian, Grahl-Nielsen, Otto, Haug, Tore, Kovacs, Kit Maureen
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; MULT; Multiple investigations; Svalbard; Arctic; Norway; International Polar Year; Odobenus rosmarus; walrus*
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.837145; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.837145

Blubber biopsies were collected from 18 adult male walruses from Svalbard, Norway. The biopsies were taken vertically through the skin and the entire blubber layer down to, but not including, the muscle layer. Fatty acid (FA) compositions of inner blubber, outer blubber and dermis of the walruses an...