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MEPS 227:187-194 (2002)
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Abstract
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Lipid biomarkers and trophic linkages between ctenophores and copepods in Svalbard waters
Stig Falk-Petersen1,*, Trine M. Dahl1, Catherine L. Scott2, John R. Sargent2, Bjørn Gulliksen3, Slawomir Kwasniewski4, Haakon Hop1, Rose-Mary Millar2
1Norwegian Polar Institute, 9226 Tromsø, Norway
2Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK
3The University Courses on Svalbard, UNIS, Post Box 156, 9170 Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
4Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstancow Warszawy St 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland
*E-mail: stig.falk-petersen@npolar.no
ABSTRACT: The lipid class compositions of the ctenophores Mertensia ovum and Beröe cucumis were very similar, with polar lipid and wax esters each accounting for 35 to 40% of the total. The fatty acid compositions of the polar lipids in the
2 species were essentially the same, with 22:6n3 and 20:5n3 in a ratio of 2:1 accounting for more than 40% of the total. The fatty acid and fatty alcohol compositions of the wax esters of both species were also essentially the same, with 20:1n9 and
22:1n11 fatty alcohols present in equal amounts accounting for 60% of the total fatty alcohol composition. The fatty acid and fatty alcohol compositions of the wax esters of M. ovum and B. cucumis were averaged and compared, using principal
component analyses, to averages derived from published data for the potential prey species: Calanus finmarchicus, C. glacialis, C. hyperboreus, Pseudocalanus acuspes, Acartia longiremis and Metridia longa. The
results were consistent with Calanus spp., especially C. glacialis, being the major prey of M. ovum and with M. ovum being the major prey of B. cucumis.
KEY WORDS: Lipids · Fatty acid profiles · Mertensia ovum · Beröe cucumis · Arctic
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Published in MEPS Vol.
227
(2002) on February 13
Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599.
Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 2002
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