Stratification of Lipid Content and Composition in Blubber of Marine Cetacean from Korean Waters
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Ko, Ah-Ra
(Department of Environmental Marine Sciences, College of Science and Technology Hanyang University)
Ju, Se-Jong (Deep-Sea & Marine Georesources Research Department, KORDI) Moon, Dae-Yeon (Cetacean Research Institute, NFRDI) Choi, Seok-Gwan (Cetacean Research Institute, NFRDI) Kim, Zang-Geun (Fundamental Research Department, NFRDI) Shin, Kyung-Hoon (Department of Environmental Marine Sciences, College of Science and Technology Hanyang University) |
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