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A method for analysis of fatty acids in coral
Author(s) -
Meyers Philip A.,
Quinn James G.,
Marshall Nelson
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1974.19.5.0846
Subject(s) - coral , polyunsaturated fatty acid , palmitic acid , fatty acid , carbonate , chemistry , biology , biochemistry , ecology , organic chemistry
A method using gas‐liquid chromatography was developed to analyze the total fatty acid composition of animals having carbonate skeletons and used to determine the fatty acids in a scleractinian coral and a milleporine coral. The major acid in both samples is palmitic acid, and marine‐type polyunsaturated fatty acids were not detectable in either type of coral.