Research Article

Biomass Composition of Blue Mussels, Mytilus edulis, is Affected by Living Site and Species of Ingested Microalgae

Figure 1

Mytilus edulis kept in net bags in Kerteminde Bay (a–d) and Salling Sund (e–h) in the year 2010 at °C and  psu and °C and  psu, respectively. (a and e) condition index (CI, ), shell length (L, ), and dry weight of soft parts (W, ); (b and f) glycogen ( ), protein ( ), and lipid ( ) contents; (c and g) sum of unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs, ) and specific concentrations of DHA ( ), EPA ( ), sum of oleic, linoleic, and -linolenic acids ( ), and palmitoleic acid ( ); (d and h) sum of saturated fatty acids (SFAs, ) and specific concentrations of stearic ( ), palmitic ( ), myristic ( ), and lauric acids ( ). Numbers of mussels used for analyses are indicated in Table 1. Data points are mean values + or − S.D.
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