Mobilisation of blubber fatty acids of northern elephant seal pups (Mirounga angustirostris) during the post-weaning fast

• Published in: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology
• Main Authors: Louis, Caroline, Perdaens, Laurent, Suciu, Stéphanie, Tavoni, Stephen K., Crocker, Daniel E., Debier, Cathy
• Other Authors: UCL - SST/ISV - Institut des sciences de la vie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc. 2015
• Subjects: Nes; Nes’; Elephant Seal
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/156452; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.01.008

Northern elephant seal pups were longitudinally sampled at Año Nuevo State Reserve during the post-weaning fast, in order to evaluate the changes of fatty acid (FA) profiles in serum as well as in the inner and outer layers of blubber. The major FAs of inner and outer blubber layers were broadly si...