Unusually high levels of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in whale sharks and reef manta rays

Lipids

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1029-1034

  Couturier, L I E ^a,b   Rohner, C A ^a,b,c   Richardson, A J ^a,b   Pierce, S J ^c,d   Marshall, A D ^c,d   Jaine, F R A ^a,b   Townsend, K A ^a   Bennett, M B ^a   Weeks, S J ^a   Nichols, P D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MARINE MEGAFAUNA FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Wild Me Praia Do Tofo ^*  (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Elasmobranch; n 3 Fatty acids; Planktivores; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ELASMOBRANCH; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID TISSUE LEVEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD COMPOSITION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MANTA ALFREDI; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PLANKTIVORE; RHINCODON TYPUS; TISSUE LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; ELASMOBRANCHII; MANTA ALFREDI; MOBULINAE; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE;

ANIMALS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHARKS; SKATES (FISH);

EID: 84885176886     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: 15589307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-013-3829-8     Document Type: Article

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