Table 3 Pigment and lipid composition of M. stellatus and C. crispus: chlorophyll a concentration, ratios of pigments to chlorophyll a (β-carotene/Chl a, lutein/Chl a, phycoerythrin/Chl a, phycocyanin/Chl a), total lipid content, saturation states of fatty acids [sum of saturated fatty acids (SFA), sum of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), sum of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), saturated/unsaturated fatty acid ratio (SFA/UFA)] and shorter-chain/longer-chain fatty acid ratio (C14 + C16/C18 + C20) of initial thallus branches collected on four sampling events (October 2011, March 2012, May 2012 and August 2012)

0.31 ± 0.01

0.26 ± 0.01

0.30 ± 0.01

0.31 ± 0.02

0.23 ± 0.02

0.26 ± 0.01

0.28 ± 0.01

0.22 ± 0.01

0.32 ± 0.03

0.33 ± 0.01

0.40 ± 0.04

0.35 ± 0.03

0.11 ± 0.00^a

0.11 ± 0.00^a

0.12 ± 0.00^a

0.11 ± 0.00^b

0.11 ± 0.00^a

0.11 ± 0.00^a

0.12 ± 0.00^a

0.11 ± 0.00^b

0.11 ± 0.00^a

0.11 ± 0.00^a

0.11 ± 0.00^b

0.12 ± 0.00^a

0.21 ± 0.01^a

0.23 ± 0.00^a

0.25 ± 0.01^a

0.23 ± 0.00^a

0.19 ± 0.01^b

0.20 ± 0.01^b

0.24 ± 0.01^a

0.17 ± 0.01^b

0.19 ± 0.01^b

0.18 ± 0.01^b

0.20 ± 0.01^b

1.48 ± 0.29

1.72 ± 0.12

2.05 ± 0.23

2.11 ± 0.72

1.70 ± 0.30

2.82 ± 0.95

1.48 ± 0.28

2.01 ± 0.78

2.24 ± 0.33

1.76 ± 0.36

1.47 ± 0.19

2.10 ± 0.47

0.27 ± 0.05

0.26 ± 0.02

0.30 ± 0.04

0.37 ± 0.10

0.30 ± 0.04

0.41 ± 0.12

0.24 ± 0.04

0.39 ± 0.15

0.45 ± 0.08

0.47 ± 0.09

0.32 ± 0.03

0.50 ± 0.11

1.37 ± 0.15^b

1.21 ± 0.14^b

1.19 ± 0.05^b

1.62 ± 0.24^a

1.11 ± 0.08^b

1.01 ± 0.07^b

1.21 ± 0.03^b

1.12 ± 0.04^b

1.69 ± 0.10^a

1.87 ± 0.06^a

1.70 ± 0.04^a

1.31 ± 0.12^b

35.6 ± 0.7

30.4 ± 0.2

32.0 ± 0.2

37.6 ± 0.7

34.4 ± 0.3

30.6 ± 0.2

32.1 ± 0.1

37.1 ± 0.8

36.3 ± 1.4

30.4 ± 0.4

32.0 ± 0.3

34.4 ± 0.4

10.4 ± 1.5

13.2 ± 0.2

11.3 ± 0.1

9.5 ± 1.3

13.7 ± 0.7

13.5 ± 0.1

10.6 ± 0.1

10.4 ± 0.2

9.7 ± 0.4

8.6 ± 0.3

9.9 ± 0.2

9.4 ± 0.2

54.0 ± 0.9

56.4 ± 0.1

56.7 ± 0.2

53.0 ± 0.7

52.0 ± 0.4

55.9 ± 0.2

57.3 ± 0.2

52.5 ± 1.0

54.1 ± 1.2

61.0 ± 0.4

58.1 ± 0.3

56.2 ± 0.2

0.55 ± 0.02^ab

0.44 ± 0.00^a

0.47 ± 0.00^a

0.60 ± 0.02^a

0.52 ± 0.01^b

0.44 ± 0.00^a

0.47 ± 0.00^a

0.59 ± 0.02^a

0.57 ± 0.03^a

0.44 ± 0.01^a

0.47 ± 0.01^a

0.52 ± 0.01^b

0.58 ± 0.02

0.46 ± 0.00

0.49 ± 0.00

0.62 ± 0.02

0.56 ± 0.01

0.47 ± 0.00

0.49 ± 0.00

0.60 ± 0.02

0.52 ± 0.01

0.42 ± 0.01

0.46 ± 0.01

0.50 ± 0.01