Contemporary Diet of Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus) from the Eastern Canadian Arctic Inferred from Fatty Acid Biomarkers

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Pomerleau, Corinne, Lesage, Véronique, Winkler, Gesche, Rosenberg, Bruno, Ferguson, Steven H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2014
• Subjects: Arctic; bowhead whale; Balaena mysticetus; blubber; calanoid copepods; diet; fatty acids; feeding ecology; zooplankton; Arctique; acides gras; baleine boréale; couche de graisse; copépodes calanoides; diète; écologie alimentaire; lipides; Baleine; Canada; Greenland; la Baleine; Sentinelles; Arctique*; Groenland; Zooplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67411

The diet and feeding ecology of Eastern Canada – West Greenland bowhead whales were examined using fatty acid (FA) composition of the outer blubber layer of 50 individuals sampled during the summers of 2008 and 2009. Bowhead blubber was rich in the following FAs: 14:0, 16:0, 16:1n – 7, 18:0, 18:1n –...