Unusually High Levels of n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Whale Sharks and Reef Manta Rays

Fatty acid (FA) signature analysis has been increasingly used to assess dietary preferences and trophodynamics in marine animals. We investigated FA signatures of connective tissue of the whale shark Rhincodon typus and muscle tissue of the reef manta ray Manta alfredi. We found high levels of n-6 p...

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Main Authors: Couturier, L. I. E., Rohner, C. A., Richardson, A. J., Pierce, S. J., Marshall, A. D., Jaine, F. R. A., Townsend, K. A., Bennett, M. B., Weeks, S. J., Nichols, P. D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013
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Communication
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3779593/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23975574
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11745-013-3829-8
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