Table 3 Relative proportions of major fatty acids (% of total FAs; mean ± SD) in adult Limnocalanus macrurus and mixed plankton during summer 2013 in the southern Bothnian Sea
Fatty acid | L. macrurus | Mixed plankton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
June 12 (n = 1) | July 1 (n = 3) mean ± SD | Sept 9 (n = 3) mean ± SD | May 23 (P) | June 12 (P) | July 1 (P) | Sept 9 (P) | |
14:0 | 2.7 | 2.0 ± 0.5 | 1.5 ± 0.6 | 11.6 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 7.9 |
16:0 | 9.0 | 10.7 ± 1.0 | 8.7 ± 1.4 | 17.0 | 20.7 | 25.1 | 20.0 |
18:0 | 2.9 | 3.6 ± 0.5 | 2.4 ± 0.6 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 3.3 |
20:0 | 0.8 | + | + | 4.1 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 5.2 |
16:1(n-7) | 1.1 | 1.2 ± 0.5 | 1.6 ± 0.1 | 22.9 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 6.7 |
18:1(n-7) | 1.0 | 1.5 ± 0.4 | 1.8 ± 1.4 | − | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
18:1(n-9) | 6.3 | 9.7 ± 3.0 | 15.6 ± 2.1 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.0 |
20:1(n-9) | − | + | + | 5.2 | 0.9 | − | 0.9 |
22:1(n-9) | 0.8 | 2.3 ± 2.0 | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0.5 |
24:1(n-9) | 1.3 | 0.8 ± 0.0 | 1.0 ± 0.0 | + | + | + | + |
20:2(n-6) | 1.4 | 1.8 ± 0.9 | 3.3 ± 0.8 | − | + | − | − |
20:3(n-3) | 1.0 | 1.6 ± 0.6 | 2.8 ± 0.6 | − | + | − | − |
18:2(n-6) | 8.3 | 9.4 ± 2.3 | 10.5 ± 0.8 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.7 |
18:3(n-3) | 4.3 | 4.5 ± 0.7 | 4.6 ± 0.2 | 1.5 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6.8 |
18:4(n-3) | 3.9 | 3.9 ± 0.4 | 3.5 ± 0.6 | − | − | − | − |
20:5(n-3) | 22.9 | 11.2 ± 0.6 | 10.1 ± 0.9 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 15.7 |
22:6(n-3) | 9.9 | 18.3 ± 1.1 | 16.1 ± 1.4 | 8.6 | 15.2 | 13.9 | 13.2 |
Others | 22.4 | 17.8 ± 6.2 | 15.4 ± 0.3 | 5.9 | 9.8 | 4.8 | 9.8 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |