Fatty acid signature analysis from the milk of Antarctic fur seals and southern elephant seals from South Georgia: implications for diet determination

• Main Authors: Brown, DJ, Boyd, Ian Lamont, Cripps, GC, Butler, PJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: fur seal; elephant seal; diet; foraging; Southern Ocean; milk; fatty acids; South Georgia; ARCTOCEPHALUS-GAZELLA PETERS; MIROUNGA-LEONINA L; DIVING BEHAVIOR; BIRD-ISLAND; BREEDING-SEASON; ALOPEX-LAGOPUS; WEDDELL SEALS; HEARD ISLAND; HARBOR SEALS; LACTATION; Antarctic; Bird Island; Heard Island; Island Harbor; Weddell; Alopex lagopus; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Arctocephalus gazella; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/fatty-acid-signature-analysis-from-the-milk-of-antarctic-fur-seals-and-southern-elephant-seals-from-south-georgia-implications-for-diet-determination(4a98bd98-6d63-42c4-944c-f628a50bf6db).html; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033554580&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Fatty acid signature analysis (FASA) makes use of specific fatty acids, as well as entire profiles, to study dietary relationships at different trophic levels. Previously, FASA has been used in marine ecosystems in which diet determination by more direct methods is difficult and sometimes misleading...