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Quantitative fatty acid signature analysis: A new method of estimating predator diets
(2004-05)
Accurate estimates of the diets of predators are required in many areas of ecology, but for many
species current methods are imprecise, limited to the last meal, and often biased. The diversity of
fatty acids and their ...
The Influence of Reproductive Experience on Milk Energy Output and Lactation Performance in the Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
(2011-05)
Although evidence from domestic and laboratory species suggests that reproductive experience
plays a critical role in the development of aspects of lactation performance, whether reproductive
experience may have a significant ...
Seasonal changes in buoyancy and diving behaviour of adult grey seals
(2000-08)
Phocid seals go through dramatic seasonal changes in body mass and composition as a result of
the spatial and temporal separation of foraging, reproduction and moulting. These changes in body
fat content and body mass ...
Polar Bear Diets and Arctic Marine Food Webs: Insights from Fatty Acid Analysis
(2008-11)
We used quantitative fatty acid signature analysis (QFASA) to examine the diets of 1738
individual polar bears (Ursus maritimus) sampled across the Canadian Arctic over a 30-year span.
Polar bear foraging varied over ...
Primiparous and multiparous females differ in mammary gland alveolar development: implications for milk production
(2012-08)
Mammary gland capacity is influenced by the number of secretory cells in the gland, the activity
of those cells and the size and arrangement of the alveoli that they form. Although reproductive
experience has been shown ...
Demonstration of the deposition and modification of dietary fatty acids in pinniped blubber using radiolabelled precursors
(2004-07)
Radioisotopes are commonly used to study the in vivo metabolism and deposition of dietary fatty
acids in adipose tissue. The application of this approach to pinnipeds is problematic because of
their large mass and blubber ...
Linking movement, diving, and habitat to foraging success in a large marine predator
(2006-12)
Establishing where and when predators forage is essential to understanding trophic interactions,
yet foraging behavior remains poorly understood in large marine carnivores. We investigated the
factors leading to foraging ...
Estimation of total body water in pinnipeds using hydrogen-isotope dilution
(1998-05)
No abstract available.
Interspecific and intraspecific variation in proximate, mineral, and fatty acid composition of milk in old world fruit bats (Chiroptera : Pteropodidae)
(2001-01)
We examine the effect of body mass on milk composition among Old World fruit bats, including
Pteropus pumilus (0.175 kg), Pteropus rodricensus (0.265 kg), Pteropus hypomelanus (0.571 kg), and
Pteropus vampyrus (1.133 ...
Effect of a low-fat diet on body composition and blubber fatty acids of captive juvenile harp seals (Phoca groenlandica)
(2000-01)
We investigated the effects of a change from a high-fat diet to a low-fat diet of differing
fatty acid (FA) composition on the body composition and blubber FA of five captive juvenile harp
seals. Seals that had been ...