Project Information

Title: Harbor Seal Recovery: Effects of Diet on Lipid Metabolism and Health 99441

Project Year and Number: 1999: 99441

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2002: 02441, 2001: 01441-CLO, 2000: 00441

Principal Investigator (PI): Randall Davis (Texas A&M University)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: Tammy Adams, Daniel Cowan, Amanda Fuson, Shane Kanatous, Todd Miller, Lori Polasek, Rebecca Watson

Research Location: Prince William Sound, Seward

Restoration Category: Research

Injured Resources Addressed: Harbor Seals

Abstract: To better understand the results from field studies of harbor seal health, body condition, and feeding ecology, data are needed on diets that vary in nutritional composition. Working with the Alaska SeaLife Center, this project will determine how fatty acid profiles in the blubber of captive harbor seals change over time during controlled diets of pollock and herring. In addition, it will assess the aerobic capacity and lipid metabolism of skeletal muscle in harbor seals fed controlled diets and in wild harbor seals in Prince William Sound. The results will augment already funded investigations of diet and health to provide a more in-depth understanding of the nutritional role and assessment of dietary fat for harbor seals.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Annual Report FY99: View (2,016 KB)
Final Report: See Project 01441-CLO

Publications from this Project: None Available