Pigment and Fatty Acid Heterogeneity in the Sea Slug Elysia crispata Is Not Shaped by Habitat Depth
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Collection
2.2. Photosynthetic Pigment Analysis
2.3. Lipid Analysis
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Pigment | Retention Time (min) | λ max (nm) |
---|---|---|
Siphonoxanthin (Siph) | 11.38 | 448 |
all-trans-neoxanthin (t-Neo) | 12.46 | 440, 471 |
cis-neoxanthin (c-Neo) | 12.98 | 414, 438, 467 |
Violaxanthin (Viola) | 14.21 | 418, 442, 471 |
Antheraxanthin (Anth) | 16.18 | 448, 476 |
Lutein (Lut) | 17.86 | 448, 476 |
Zeaxanthin (Zea) | 18.11 | 453, 480 |
Siphonoxanthin-dodecenoate (Siph-do) | 19.76 | 454 |
Chlorophyll b (Chl b) | 23.09 | 458, 646 |
Chlorophyll a (Chl a) | 24.71 | 431, 663 |
β,ε-Carotene (βε-Car) | 29.01 | 449, 477 |
β,β-Carotene (ββ-Car) | 29.22 | 454, 478 |
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Vital, X.G.; Rey, F.; Cartaxana, P.; Cruz, S.; Domingues, M.R.; Calado, R.; Simões, N. Pigment and Fatty Acid Heterogeneity in the Sea Slug Elysia crispata Is Not Shaped by Habitat Depth. Animals 2021, 11, 3157. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113157
Vital XG, Rey F, Cartaxana P, Cruz S, Domingues MR, Calado R, Simões N. Pigment and Fatty Acid Heterogeneity in the Sea Slug Elysia crispata Is Not Shaped by Habitat Depth. Animals. 2021; 11(11):3157. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113157
Chicago/Turabian StyleVital, Xochitl Guadalupe, Felisa Rey, Paulo Cartaxana, Sónia Cruz, Maria Rosário Domingues, Ricardo Calado, and Nuno Simões. 2021. "Pigment and Fatty Acid Heterogeneity in the Sea Slug Elysia crispata Is Not Shaped by Habitat Depth" Animals 11, no. 11: 3157. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113157