Biomass Composition of Blue Mussels, Mytilus edulis, is Affected by Living Site and Species of Ingested Microalgae
Figure 5
Mytilus edulis starved for a period of 56 days under laboratory conditions at °C and psu (a–d) and in Kerteminde Bay from November 16, 2010 to March 2, 2011 (e–h), n is number of mussel sampled for analyses. (a and e) condition index (CI, ), shell length (L, ), and dry weight of soft parts (W, ); (b & 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.
