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Brett, Michael T.; Müller-Navarra, Dörthe C.; Ballantyne, Ashley P.; Ravet, Joseph L.; Goldman, Charles R.
Limnology and oceanography, September 2006, Volume: 51, Issue: 5Journal Article
We conducted a series of experiments feeding Daphnia pulex nine different phytoplankton monocultures with widely varying fatty acid composition and nutritional values to test the extent to which Daphnia fatty acid composition was affected by diet. In general, Daphnia fatty acid composition matched that of their diet much more closely than it did the fatty acid composition of Daphnia consuming other diets. However, Daphnia had consistently less saturated fatty acids and more arachidonic acid than did their diet, and Daphnia consuming cyanobacteria had substantially less saturated fatty acids and more monounsaturated fatty acids than their diets. Daphnia that consumed cryptophytes, which are rich in ω 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), had on average$47% \pm 8%$($\pm 1 SD$) ω 3 PUFAs within their fatty acid pool, whereas Daphnia that consumed ω 3 PUFA-poor cyanophytes only had$6% \pm 3% \omega 3$PUFAs. The ratio of ω 3 to ω 6 fatty acids in Daphnia was also strongly dependent on diet, and averaged$\approx 10:1$, 2:1, and 1:1 for Daphnia that consumed cryptophytes, chlorophytes, and cyanophytes, respectively. Furthermore, the sum of C20and C22ω 3 and ω 6 fatty acids in Daphnia was highly correlated with that of their diet (r2= 0.94). These results suggest analyses of Daphnia fatty acid composition may be a powerful means of inferring diet in the field. These results also suggest the nutritional benefits of consuming$\omega 3-rich$phytoplankton will transfer up the food web, making Zooplankton both more efficient at converting phytoplankton biomass to their own biomass as well as much more nutritious for the zooplanktivorous fish that consume them.
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