Polyunsaturated fatty acids in fishes increase with total lipids irrespective of feeding sources and trophic position

• Published in: Ecosphere
• Main Authors: M. J. Kainz, H. H. Hager, S. Rasconi, K. K. Kahilainen, P.‐A. Amundsen, B. Hayden
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: cyprinid; fatty acids; percid; salmonid; Special Feature: Biomarkers in Trophic Ecology; stable isotopes; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Arctic; Alpine Lake; Minnows; Arctic charr; Esox lucius; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1753; https://doaj.org/article/43ef5dd5a31245d2a142c3a76df930df

Abstract Trophic transfer and retention of dietary compounds are vital for somatic development, reproduction, and survival of aquatic consumers. In this field study, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes, and fatty acids (FA) contents in invertebrates and fishes of pre‐alpine Lake Lunz, Austria, were...