Trophic niche partitioning of littoral fish species from the rocky intertidal of Helgoland, Germany

Hielscher, N. N.; Malzahn, A. M.; Diekmann, R.; Aberle, N.

doi:10.1007/s10152-015-0444-5

Helgoland Marine Research

Table 2 Summary of fatty acid (FA) and stable isotope (SI) dataset of fish species Ctenolabrus rupestris (N = 46), Pomatoschistus minutus (N = 49), Pomatoschistus pictus (N = 33), Myoxocephalus scorpius (N = 23) and Taurulus bubalis (N = 48)—collected from 2009 to 2011

From: Trophic niche partitioning of littoral fish species from the rocky intertidal of Helgoland, Germany

Fatty acid	Ctenolabrus rupestris			Pomatoschistus minutus			Pomatoschistus pictus
Fatty acid	2009	2010	2011	2009	2010	2011	2009	2010	2011
16:0	0.0099 ± 0.0030	0.0189 ± 0.0037	0.0216 ± 0.0038	0.0072 ± 0.0012	0.0154 ± 0.0030	0.013 ± 0.0041	0.0123 ± 0.0020	0.0195 ± 0.0023	0.0199 ± 0.0066
16:1n7	0.0019 ± 0.0011	0.0023 ± 0.0011	0.0030 ± 0.0019	0.0014 ± 0.0003	0.0022 ± 0.0007	0.0020 ± 0.0007	0.0017 ± 0.0004	0.0020 ± 0.0007	0.0030 ± 0.0015
18:0	0.0038 ± 0.0014	0.0072 ± 0.0018	0.0064 ± 0.0019	0.0028 ± 0.0006	0.0073 ± 0.0019	0.0056 ± 0.0016	0.0060 ± 0.0015	0.0107 ± 0.0029	0.0083 ± 0.0024
18:1n7	0.0009 ± 0.0020	0.0008 ± 0.0001	0.0008 ± 0.0001	0.0008 ± 0.0002	0.0007 ± 0.0001	0.0007 ± 0.0002	0.0011 ± 0.0002	0.0009 ± 0.0001	0.0011 ± 0.0001
18:1n9	0.0066 ± 0.0026	0.0111 ± 0.0036	0.0096 ± 0.0029	0.0042 ± 0.0009	0.0089 ± 0.0019	0.0039 ± 0.0012	0.0075 ± 0.0014	0.0119 ± 0.0036	0.0096 ± 0.0032
18:2n6	0.0013 ± 0.0003	0.0021 ± 0.0004	0.0012 ± 0.0002	0.0012 ± 0.0003	0.0045 ± 0.0015	0.0009 ± 0.0003	0.0024 ± 0.0004	0.0028 ± 0.0005	0.0024 ± 0.0005
18:3n6	0.0055 ± 0.012	0.0005 ± 0.0001	0.0005 ± 0.0001	0.0056 ± 0.0015	0.0006 ± 0.0001	0.0004 ± 0.0001	0.0075 ± 0.0014	0.0006 ± 0.0001	0.0007 ± 0.0002
18:3n4	0.0050 ± 0.0012	0.0004 ± 0.0001	0.0004 ± 0.0001	0.0048 ± 0.0014	0.0004 ± 0.0001	0.0003 ± 0.0001	0.0063 ± 0.0014	0.0004 ± 0.0001	0.0005 ± 0.0001
20:0	0.0014 ± 0.0003	0.0013 ± 0.0002	0.0012 ± 0.0002	0.0013 ± 0.0004	0.0011 ± 0.0002	0.0010 ± 0.0003	0.0018 ± 0.0004	0.0015 ± 0.0002	0.0016 ± 0.0002
20:1n9	0.0012 ± 0.0003	0.0017 ± 0.0005	0.0010 ± 0.0002	0.0007 ± 0.0002	0.0007 ± 0.0001	0.0005 ± 0.0002	0.0011 ± 0.0002	0.0009 ± 0.0001	0.0009 ± 0.0001
20:4n6	0.0024 ± 0.0007	0.0038 ± 0.0011	0.0033 ± 0.0005	0.0022 ± 0.0004	0.0034 ± 0.0009	0.0017 ± 0.0005	0.0029 ± 0.0005	0.0031 ± 0.0006	0.0030 ± 0.0007
20:4n3	0.0010 ± 0.0002	0.0010 ± 0.0002	0.0007 ± 0.0001	0.0009 ± 0.0002	0.0008 ± 0.0001	0.0005 ± 0.0002	0.0012 ± 0.0002	0.0011 ± 0.0001	0.0009 ± 0.0001
20:5n3 (EPA)	0.0056 ± 0.0016	0.0075 ± 0.0015	0.0073 ± 0.0020	0.0073 ± 0.0008	0.0087 ± 0.0024	0.0064 ± 0.0015	0.0111 ± 0.0019	0.0139 ± 0.0025	0.0098 ± 0.0024
22:0	0.0018 ± 0.0004	0.0016 ± 0.0003	0.0018 ± 0.0003	0.0033 ± 0.0013	0.0014 ± 0.0002	0.0016 ± 0.0005	0.0040 ± 0.0015	0.0020 ± 0.0003	0.0025 ± 0.0003
22:1n9	0.0010 ± 0.0002	0.0009 ± 0.0002	0.0009 ± 0.0002	0.0009 ± 0.0003	0.0009 ± 0.0002	0.0008 ± 0.0003	0.0012 ± 0.0003	0.0009 ± 0.0001	0.0013 ± 0.0002
22:2n6	0.0009 ± 0.0002	0.0008 ± 0.0002	0.0008 ± 0.0002	0.0009 ± 0.0003	0.0007 ± 0.0001	0.0008 ± 0.0002	0.0012 ± 0.0003	0.0009 ± 0.0001	0.0011 ± 0.0001
22:5n3 (DPA)	0.0030 ± 0.0008	0.0037 ± 0.0011	0.0055 ± 0.0057	0.0036 ± 0.0005	0.0031 ± 0.0020	0.0036 ± 0.0010	0.0033 ± 0.0005	0.0021 ± 0.0003	0.0021 ± 0.0005
22:6n3 (DHA)	0.0130 ± 0.0039	0.0284 ± 0.0066	0.0127 ± 0.0054	0.0081 ± 0.0033	0.0223 ± 0.0036	0.0074 ± 0.0024	0.0212 ± 0.0066	0.0348 ± 0.0055	0.0166 ± 0.0057
24:0	0.0026 ± 0.0006	0.0022 ± 0.0004	0.0030 ± 0.0005	0.0024 ± 0.0008	0.0019 ± 0.0003	0.0028 ± 0.0009	0.0034 ± 0.0007	0.0027 ± 0.0005	0.0043 ± 0.0006
24:1n9	0.0015 ± 0.0003	0.0014 ± 0.0003	0.0015 ± 0.0003	0.0013 ± 0.0004	0.0011 ± 0.0002	0.0013 ± 0.0004	0.0018 ± 0.0004	0.0015 ± 0.0003	0.0020 ± 0.0002
18:1n9/18:1n7	7.5810 ± 3.1188	13.9199 ± 5.0587	11.5795 ± 2.6632	5.2422 ± 0.8699	12.6419 ± 2.7442	5.4259 ± 0.8333	6.7921 ± 1.5793	13.8548 ± 4.2034	9.0624 ± 2.8988
DHA/EPA	2.3893 ± 0.5801	3.8234 ± 0.7062	1.8906 ± 1.0612	1.1046 ± 0.4352	2.6660 ± 0.5604	1.1544 ± 0.2163	1.8895 ± 0.4146	2.5258 ± 0.2595	1.7403 ± 0.5298
PUFA/SFA	2.1544 ± 0.2571	1.6743 ± 0.1575	1.0603 ± 0.1107	2.2391 ± 0.1710	1.8057 ± 0.1785	1.0386 ± 0.1171	2.2616 ± 0.1725	1.7394 ± 0.1727	1.1444 ± 0.1865
Stable isotope
δ ¹³C	−16.8 ± 0.4	−16.7 ± 0.3	−16.0 ± 0.3	−14.9 ± 1.0	−17.6 ± 1.4	−15.5 ± 0.6	−16.4 ± 0.5	−15.3 ± 0.2	−17.3 ± 0.5
δ ¹⁵N	18.2 ± 0.4	18.9 ± 0.5	18.6 ± 0.3	17.8 ± 0.7	14,5 ± 1.5	17.3 ± 0.5	16.5 ± 0.4	17.0 ± 0.5	16.2 ± 0.6
Trophic position (TP)	3.7 ± 0.2	3.6 ± 0.2	3.8 ± 0.1	3.5 ± 0.2	3.4 ± 0.5	3.3 ± 0.2	3.1 ± 0.1	3.0 ± 0.2	3.0 ± 0.2

Fatty acid	Myoxocephalus scorpius			Taurulus bubalis
Fatty acid	2009	2010	2011	2009	2010	2011
16:0	0.0051 ± 0.0013	0.0125 ± 0.0044	0.0140 ± 0.0064	0.0053 ± 0.0014	0.0135 ± 0.0026	0.0147 ± 0.0014
16:1n7	0.0007 ± 0.0003	0.0014 ± 0.0006	0.0020 ± 0.0120	0.0007 ± 0.0002	0.0016 ± 0.0006	0.0018 ± 0.0005
18:0	0.0019 ± 0.0004	0.0054 ± 0.0005	0.0054 ± 0.0039	0.0022 ± 0.0006	0.0075 ± 0.0029	0.0056 ± 0.0012
18:1n7	0.0005 ± 0.0001	0.0008 ± 0.0002	0.0009 ± 0.0003	0.0006 ± 0.0001	0.0013 ± 0.0005	0.0009 ± 0.0001
18:1n9	0.0034 ± 0.0012	0.0072 ± 0.0028	0.0068 ± 0.0030	0.0035 ± 0.0010	0.0086 ± 0.0025	0.0064 ± 0.0012
18:2n6	0.0010 ± 0.0002	0.0017 ± 0.0003	0.0012 ± 0.0004	0.0010 ± 0.0003	0.0023 ± 0.0006	0.0012 ± 0.0002
18:3n6	0.0034 ± 0.0005	0.0005 ± 0.0001	0.0005 ± 0.0002	0.0035 ± 0.0008	0.0008 ± 0.0003	0.0005 ± 0.0001
18:3n4	0.0032 ± 0.0005	0.0004 ± 0.0001	0.0004 ± 0.0002	0.0038 ± 0.0011	0.0007 ± 0.0003	0.0004 ± 0.0001
20:0	0.0008 ± 0.0001	0.0011 ± 0.0002	0.0012 ± 0.0005	0.0009 ± 0.0002	0.0018 ± 0.0007	0.0012 ± 0.0002
20:1n9	0.0005 ± 0.0001	0.0008 ± 0.0002	0.0007 ± 0.0003	0.0005 ± 0.0001	0.0011 ± 0.0003	0.0007 ± 0.0001
20:4n6	0.0019 ± 0.0005	0.0032 ± 0.0013	0.0025 ± 0.0008	0.0020 ± 0.0004	0.0039 ± 0.0009	0.0026 ± 0.0006
20:4n3	0.0006 ± 0.0001	0.0009 ± 0.0002	0.0007 ± 0.0002	0.0006 ± 0.0001	0.0013 ± 0.0004	0.0006 ± 0.0001
20:5n3 (EPA)	0.0052 ± 0.0013	0.0092 ± 0.0038	0.0077 ± 0.0031	0.0047 ± 0.0008	0.0086 ± 0.0025	0.0059 ± 0.0007
22:0	0.0011 ± 0.0002	0.0015 ± 0.0002	0.0020 ± 0.0007	0.0012 ± 0.0003	0.0025 ± 0.0010	0.0020 ± 0.0003
22:1n9	0.0006 ± 0.0001	0.0009 ± 0.0002	0.0011 ± 0.0004	0.0006 ± 0.0002	0.0014 ± 0.0005	0.0010 ± 0.0002
22:2n6	0.0006 ± 0.0001	0.0008 ± 0.0001	0.0010 ± 0.0003	0.0006 ± 0.0002	0.0013 ± 0.0005	0.0009 ± 0.0002
22:5n3 (DPA)	0.0018 ± 0.0003	0.0026 ± 0.0008	0.0020 ± 0.0006	0.0016 ± 0.0004	0.0033 ± 0.011	0.0025 ± 0.0006
22:6n3 (DHA)	0.0074 ± 0.0026	0.0136 ± 0.0061	0.0080 ± 0.0026	0.0066 ± 0.0017	0.0094 ± 0.0032	0.0058 ± 0.0011
24:0	0.0015 ± 0.0003	0.0021 ± 0.0003	0.0035 ± 0.0013	0.0017 ± 0.0004	0.0035 ± 0.0014	0.0034 ± 0.0006
24:1n9	0.0009 ± 0.0002	0.0012 ± 0.0003	0.0017 ± 0.0006	0.0010 ± 0.0002	0.0019 ± 0.0007	0.0016 ± 0.0003
18:1n9/18:1n7	6.5561 ± 2.0621	9.0001 ± 2.1672	7.2086 ± 1.9430	6.1707 ± 2.2665	7.1961 ± 2.0555	7.2564 ± 1.1873
DHA/EPA	1.4233 ± 0.2481	1.4524 ± 0.0746	1.0895 ± 0.1644	1.4319 ± 0.3312	1.0967 ± 0.2355	1.0023 ± 0.2009
PUFA/SFA	2.7136 ± 0.2063	1.5701 ± 0.2394	1.1039 ± 0.1970	2.5302 ± 0.3173	1.3094 ± 0.1906	0.8725 ± 0.0568
Stable isotope
δ ¹³C	−16.0 ± 0.5	−15.5 ± 0.2	−15.1 ± 0.4	−16.8 ± 0.5	−16.4 ± 0.4	−15.2 ± 0.4
δ ¹⁵N	18.7 ± 0.4	19.9 ± 0.4	18.5 ± 0.7	18.6 ± 0.5	19.4 ± 0.7	17.9 ± 0.9
Trophic position (TP)	3.9 ± 0.1	4.0 ± 0.1	3.7 ± 0.2	3.8 ± 0.2	3.8 ± 0.2	3.6 ± 0.3

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) in [µgFA/µgC] and (‰), respectively
EPA is eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n-3) and DHA is docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3)
PUFA is the sum of all unsaturated fatty acids
SFA is the sum of all saturated fatty acids

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