Feeding Choice and the Fate of Organic Materials Consumed by Sesarma Crabs Perisesarma bidens (De Haan) When Offered Different Diets

Table 4

Mean percentage contribution of individual and FA classes in crab tissues. Values are means ± SE (𝑛=3). Sample abbreviations as in Table 2.

	Non-starved tissues (Exp.)	Nonstarved tissues (field)	Starved tissues
14∶0	0.9±0.0	1.9±0.1	1.8±0.1
15∶0iso	—	0.6±0.0	0.6±0.0
15∶0ant	—	0.2±0.0	—
15∶0	1.6±0.0	2.6±0.1	1.6±0.0
15∶1	—	0.4±0.1	0.3±0.0
16∶0	17.4±0.2	18.0±3.1	19.4±0.4
16:1ω9	5.7±0.1	5.9±1.8	5.9±0.3
16:1ω7	—	3.8±2.4	0.2±0.0
17∶0iso	0.3±0.0	0.5±0.0	0.5±0.0
17∶0ant	—	0.4±0.1	0.4±0.0
17∶0	1.9±0.9	5.3±0.3	1.3±0.0
17∶1	1.7±0.1	2.0±0.3	1.7±0.1
18∶0	7.3±0.2	7.6±1.0	7.3±0.6
18∶1ω9	15.3±0.1	11.9±4.1	15.3±0.4
18;1ω7	3.8±0.1	4.4±3.4	2.4±0.2
18∶2ω6	10.9±0.2	11.9±1.1	10.0±0.1
18∶3ω6	0.6±0.0	—	0.9±0.0
18∶3ω4	0.8±0.0	1.1±0.0	1.0±0.0
18∶3ω3	7.3±0.1	9.5±0.5	5.5±0.1
18∶4ω3	—	—	—
20∶0	1.0±0.0	1.1±0.0	1.0±0.0
20∶1ω9	0.5±0.2	0.6±0.1	0.5±0.0
20∶1ω7	0.2±0.2	—	0.3±0.0
20∶2	1.3±0.0	0.4±0.0	0.8±0.0
20∶3ω6	0.4±0.0	0.7±0.1	0.2±0.1
20∶4ω6	6.8±0.1	1.4±0.2	8.6±0.2
20∶3ω3	0.7±0.0	—	0.4±0.0
20∶5ω3	6.1±0.1	1.7±0.2	4.3±0.1
22∶0	1.0±0.0	1.2±0.2	0.7±0.0
22∶6ω3	2.2±0.0	0.8±0.3	—
24∶0	0.6±0.0	0.9±0.2	1.7±0.0
26∶0	—	—	—
28∶0	—	—	—
30∶0	0.3±0.0	0.3±0.1	—
32∶0	—	—	—
∗ΣMUFA	27.3±0.3	29.0±2.4	26.8±0.6
∗ΣPUFA	38.8±1.2	27.7±1.5	33.5±0.3
∗ΣSAFA	33.1±1.3	40.2±2.6	36.3±0.5
∗ΣBrFA	0.4±0.1	2.5±0.2	3.3±0.4
∗ΣLCFA	0.3±0.0	0.4±0.1	—
Unidentified	—	0.3±0.2	0
Total	100	100	100

∗Includes fatty acids not indicated in this table; -not detected or traces.