Fatty acids in the blubber of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) -stratification and relation to diets

• Main Author: Gade-Sørensen, Lars Aage
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitetet i Tromsø 2011
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Kjemi: 440::Organisk kjemi: 441; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Chemistry: 440::Organic chemistry: 441; BIO-3950; Vesterålen; Bjørnøya; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; minke whale; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/3518

The fatty acid (FA) composition of 37 minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from 4 different areas, Spitsbergen, Bjørnøya, Vesterålen and the North Sea was determined. Stratification between inner, middle and outer blubber was present. Most saturated fatty acids (SFAs) and monounsaturated fatty...