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http://hdl.handle.net/10773/25614| Title: | Contrasting habitats occupied by sibling spider crabs Maja squinado and Maja brachydactyla (Brachyura, Majidae) can influence the biochemical variability displayed by newly hatched larvae |
| Author: | Calado, Ricardo Guerao, Guillermo Gras, Noelia Cleary, Daniel F. R. Rotllant, Guiomar |
| Keywords: | Digestive enzymes Energy content Fatty acids Lipid classes Proximate analysis |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Abstract: | We compared the biochemical composition of newly hatched larvae (NHL) of Maja squinado and Maja brachydactyla, recording significant differences in carbohydrate levels, amylase activity and fatty acid content (20:4n−6, 20:5n−3 and 22:6n−3). Multivariate analysis clearly discriminated NHL of both species, suggesting that trophically stable environments might favor NHL with more homogenous biochemical profiles (Atlantic M. brachydactyla) and less predictable trophic scenarios favor intra-specific variability in the biochemical profile of NHL (Mediterranean M. squinado). |
| Peer review: | yes |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/25614 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/plankt/fbt024 |
| ISSN: | 0142-7873 |
| Appears in Collections: | CESAM - Artigos DBio - Artigos |
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