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Foraging behaviour of the South American sea lion (Otaria byronia) in two disparate ecosystems assessed through blubber fatty acid analysis

Fatty acids have been widely used as trophic biomarkers in marine mammals. However, for the South American sea lion, the most abundant otariid in the eastern South Pacific, there is no information about blubber fatty acids and their link to diet. Here, we compare fatty acid profiles of sea lions fro...

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Autores principales: Guerrero, Alicia I., Pavez, Guido, Santos-Carvallo, Macarena, Rogers, Tracey L., Sepúlveda, Maritza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7109089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32235837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62178-6