BMC Ecology

Table 1 Elemental nutrient ratios (molar) and PUFA content (μg mg C ^-1 ) of the three food organisms

From: Dietary supply with polyunsaturated fatty acids and resulting maternal effects influence host – parasite interactions

	*S. obliquus*	*N. limnetica*	*Cryptomonas*sp.
C:N	13.7 ± 0.0	13.0 ± 0.6	5.4 ± 0.0
C:P	232.9 ± 4.6	162.2 ± 3.9	100.1 ± 3.2
18:2n-6 (LIN)	45.5 ± 1.6	8.5 ± 0.4	10.2 ± 0.2
18:3n-3 (ALA)	62.4 ± 4.0	n.d	50.9 ± 1.1
18:4n-3 (STA)	8.5 ± 0.3	n.d	17.9 ± 0.4
20:3n-6 (DGLA)	n.d	2.2 ± 0.4	n.d
20:4n-6 (ARA)	n.d	24.5 ± 1.1	n.d
20:5n-3 (EPA)	n.d.	121.6 ± 1.1	45.5 ± 1.0
22:6n-3 (DHA)	n.d.	n.d	4.6 ± 0.0

Data are means of three replicates ± s.d. (n.d. = not detectable). Food suspensions consisting of S. obliquus and PUFA -containing liposomes contained either 26.1 ± 0.4 ARA or 20.3 ± 0.7 EPA (all values in μg mg C^-1 ± s.d.), respectively.

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