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Stability of fatty acid composition in seal blubber during long-term storage
Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Enheten för miljöforskning och övervakning.
Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Enheten för miljöforskning och övervakning.
University of Agricultural Sciences.
Dalhousie University.
Vise andre og tillknytning
2012 (engelsk)Inngår i: Marine Ecology Progress Series, ISSN 0171-8630, Vol. 461, s. 283-291Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
Abstract [en]

This study was performed to evaluate the stability of the fatty acid (FA) composition of blubber from Baltic grey seals Halichoerus grypus archived at −25°C in the Swedish Environmental Specimen Bank (SESB). Possible alterations of FA compositions with storage time and temperature were evaluated. Blubber from 5 seals was kept at +2°C and at −20°C and sampled for up to 6 mo and 33 mo, respectively. Furthermore, FA profile stability was evaluated in blubber stored in the SESB for 4 and 6 yr. This was done by re-sampling and re-analyzing blubber samples from SESB. In both parts of the study, a principal component analysis was performed on 48 FAs comprising 98 to 99% of the total FAs in blubber of Baltic grey seals. We found no indication of a critically altered FA composition, neither in blubber stored at +2°C for 6 mo nor in blubber stored at −20°C for 33 mo. The re-analysis of samples stored in SESB for ~4 to 6 yr only differed for a few FAs in some samples. The most remarkable differences were a slight increase in some long-chain unsaturated FAs (18:2n-6, 20:3n-3, 20:4n-3, 22:4n-3). As an increase in long-chain polyunsaturated FAs due to storage is highly unlikely, we believe that this is probably more due to the sampling technique than to a critically altered FA composition due to storage. Our results suggest that archived seal blubber may be safely used in retrospective analyses of diet using an FA signature analysis technique.

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2012. Vol. 461, s. 283-291
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Fatty acid composition · Long-term storage · Blubber · Grey seal · Baltic Sea
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URN: urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-353DOI: 10.3354/meps09769OAI: oai:DiVA.org:nrm-353DiVA, id: diva2:723706
Tilgjengelig fra: 2014-06-11 Laget: 2014-06-11 Sist oppdatert: 2025-09-12bibliografisk kontrollert

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