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Lipid Status of Gray Whales Eschrichtius robustus in the Piltun Feeding Area

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For the first time, the relationship of lipid and fatty acid composition with individual, gender and age characteristics of the gray whale Eschrichtius robustus in the Piltun feeding area is shown using the methods of biochemical analysis.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors thank O.V. Titov for the provided skin sample of the whale from the Chukchi feeding area, O.A. Sychenko for assistance in collecting samples, and I.G. Meshcherskii for consulting during genetic analysis. Genetic analysis was performed on the basis of the room of molecular diagnostics of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Biochemical studies were carried out on the basis of the Shared Use Center of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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This study was financially supported by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).

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  1. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    M. S. Mamaev &  V. V. Rozhnov

  2. Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Russia

    S. A. Murzina, S. N. Pekkoeva & V. P. Voronin

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Mamaev, M.S., Murzina, S.A., Pekkoeva, S.N. et al. Lipid Status of Gray Whales Eschrichtius robustus in the Piltun Feeding Area. Dokl Biol Sci 493, 141–146 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496620040043

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