Seasonal variation in lipid and fatty acid composition of ice algae from the Barents Sea
Seasonal variation in lipid and fatty acid composition of ice algae from the Barents Sea
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10.1007/s003000050275
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1998-06
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1.7
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R. Henderson;E. N. Hegseth;M. T. Park
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作者:
R. Henderson;E. N. Hegseth;M. T. Park
The fatty acid compositions of neutral lipid, glycolipid and phospholipid fractions from ice algae sampled from the Barents Sea in spring and autumn were examined for seasonal differences. The ice-algal assemblages were dominated by diatoms. In spring,Nitzschia frigidawas the most common species whereas resting stages ofThalassiosira bioculataandActinocycluscfcurvatuluspredominated in autumn. With the exception of one spring sample, neutral lipids predominated over glycolipids and phospholipids in all algal samples. The lipid fractions displayed characteristic fatty acid compositions. In the spring samples the major fatty acids of the neutral lipid fraction were 16:0, 16:1(n-7) and 20:5(n-3) whilst the glycolipid fraction was characterised by higher levels of 20:5(n-3) and C16 polyunsaturated fatty acids, particularly 16:4(n-1). Phospholipids contained higher levels of 22:6(n-3) than the other two lipid fractions although 20:5(n-3) was still the major polyunsaturated fatty acid. In the autumn samples, the neutral lipid fraction contained higher proportions of saturated fatty acids and 16:1(n-7) than the two polar lipid fractions and 22:6(n-3) was most abundant in phospholipids. As with the spring samples, 20:5(n-3) was the major polyunsaturated fatty acid in all lipid fractions of the autumn algae. Overall, the fatty acid compositions of the lipid fractions from spring and autumn algal samples were similar and are consistent with diatoms being the predominant group in the ice algae studied. The high level of neutral lipids observed in both spring and autumn samples suggests that the production of neutral lipids is characteristic of ice algae regardless of season. Nevertheless, some species-specific differences in lipid production may exist since the neutral lipid content of autumn samples containing mainlyA. curvatuluswas substantially higher than those in whichT. bioculatapredominated.