Table 4 Fatty acid compositions of M. stellatus and C. crispus: single fatty acids (mass% of total fatty acids) of initial thallus branches collected on four sampling events (October 2011, March 2012, May 2012 and August 2012)

2.8 ± 0.1

1.5 ± 0.0

1.8 ± 0.0

3.4 ± 0.1

2.9 ± 0.1

1.8 ± 0.0

1.9 ± 0.0

3.2 ± 0.1

3.2 ± 0.2

1.8 ± 0.1

2.4 ± 0.1

3.4 ± 0.1

30.5 ± 0.5^a

26.8 ± 0.1^a

28.2 ± 0.1^a

32.0 ± 0.7^a

29.0 ± 0.3^b

26.7 ± 0.1^a

28.2 ± 0.1^a

31.2 ± 0.6^a

30.4 ± 0.6^a

27.2 ± 0.3^a

28.2 ± 0.2^a

29.5 ± 0.6^b

2.4 ± 0.0^a

2.3 ± 0.0^a

1.8 ± 0.0^a

2.0 ± 0.1^a

2.6 ± 0.1^a

2.3 ± 0.0^a

1.7 ± 0.0^a

1.8 ± 0.1^a

0.4 ± 0.2^b

0.6 ± 0.0^b

0.7 ± 0.1^b

0.4 ± 0.0^b

1.2 ± 0.1

1.0 ± 0.1

0.9 ± 0.0

1.3 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.0

1.0 ± 0.1

1.1 ± 0.1

1.4 ± 0.2

2.2 ± 0.6

1.3 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.1

1.3 ± 0.1

2.2 ± 0.0

2.4 ± 0.1

2.4 ± 0.1

2.0 ± 0.0

1.9 ± 0.1

2.2 ± 0.1

2.1 ± 0.0

1.4 ± 0.1

1.2 ± 0.2

1.6 ± 0.1

1.5 ± 0.1

0.9 ± 0.0

5.6 ± 1.4^b

8.0 ± 0.1^ab

6.7 ± 0.0^a

5.3 ± 1.3^b

8.6 ± 0.6^a

8.5 ± 0.1^a

6.5 ± 0.0^a

6.9 ± 0.2^ab

8.0 ± 0.1^a

6.3 ± 0.2^b

7.6 ± 0.2^a

8.0 ± 0.2^a

1.1 ± 0.1

1.0 ± 0.0

1.0 ± 0.0

1.0 ± 0.0

1.5 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.0

0.9 ± 0.0

1.0 ± 0.0

1.4 ± 0.2

2.3 ± 0.3

1.6 ± 0.1

1.6 ± 0.6

25.3 ± 0.9^b

16.5 ± 0.5^b

13.8 ± 0.4^c

25.0 ± 0.4^ab

24.4 ± 0.5^b

13.4 ± 0.7^c

15.9 ± 0.3^b

23.7 ± 0.4^b

27.4 ± 0.4^a

25.8 ± 0.9^a

24.8 ± 1.0^a

25.9 ± 0.4^a

25.9 ± 0.5^a

37.0 ± 0.6^b

40.0 ± 0.4^a

25.8 ± 0.4^b

24.1 ± 0.4^a

39.4 ± 0.9^a

38.7 ± 0.4^a

26.0 ± 0.7^b

24.5 ± 1.5^a

32.8 ± 1.0^c

31.1 ± 0.7^b

28.1 ± 0.1^a