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Potential for employing the distribution of anomalous non‐methylene‐interrupted dienoic fatty acids in several marine invertebrates as part of food web studies
Author(s) -
Paradis M.,
Ackman R. G.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02533289
Subject(s) - marine invertebrates , invertebrate , biology , marine fish , shellfish , fatty acid , mollusca , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , biochemistry , aquatic animal
A group of homologous, nonmethylene‐interrupted dienoic fatty acids (NMID) recently reported in oysters has been found in several other shellfish species and also in other marine phyla. The distribution of most other “normal” fatty acids among several species of shellfish is basically similar but mantle lipids from two other molluscan species, both squid, differ radically. The squid mantle fatty acids do not include NMID, suggesting that in molluscs NMID may accumulate primarily in filter‐feeders or herbivores. The distribution of these anomalous fatty acid components in higher species suggests that they reflect invertebrates in the diet and are biochemically inert.