Biomass Composition of Blue Mussels, Mytilus edulis, is Affected by Living Site and Species of Ingested Microalgae
Figure 4
Mytilus edulis kept under laboratory conditions at °C and psu and fed Rhodomonas salina. (a) Condition index (CI, ), shell length (L, ), and dry weight of soft parts (W, ); (b) glycogen (), and lipid () contents; (c) sum of unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs, ) and specific concentrations of DHA (), EPA (), sum of oleic, linoleic, and α-linolenic acids (), and palmitoleic acid (); (d) 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.
