Comparison of fatty acid compositions in birds feeding in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

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Тип публикации: статья из журнала

Год издания: 2016

Идентификатор DOI: 10.1134/S1995425516040065

Ключевые слова: polyunsaturated fatty acids, birds, aquatic ecosystems, terrestrial ecosystems, Anatidae, Animalia, Anseriformes, Aves, Charadriiformes, Ciconiiformes, Columbiformes, Passeriformes, Podicipediformes

Аннотация: Fatty acid (FA) contents and compositions in the pectoral muscles of 18 bird species from Novosibirsk, Volgograd, and Yaroslavl oblasts were studied. Three groups of birds that had significantly different FA compositions were distinguished based on a multivariate statistical analysis: Passeriformes, Columbiformes, and a group of waПоказать полностьюterfowl and waterbird species (Charadriiformes, Anseriformes, Podicipediformes, and Ciconiiformes). The highest content of physiologically important docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3, DHA), which is considered a marker of aquatic food, was surprisingly found in the biomass of Passeriformes, which are terrestrial feeders, rather than in the biomass of waterfowls and waterbirds. It was suggested that Passeriformes species had the ability to synthesize large quantities of DHA from short-chain omega-3 FAs, which is rare among animals.

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Издание

Журнал: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF ECOLOGY

Выпуск журнала: Vol. 9, Is. 4

Номера страниц: 503-513

ISSN журнала: 19954255

Место издания: NEW YORK

Издатель: MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER

Персоны

  • Gladyshev M.I. (Siberian Federal University)
  • Makhutova O.N. (Institute of Biophysics,Siberian Branch,Russian Academy of Sciences)
  • Kalachova G.S. (Institute of Biophysics,Siberian Branch,Russian Academy of Sciences)
  • Sushchik N.N. (Siberian Federal University)
  • Popova O.N. (Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals,Siberian Branch,Russian Academy of Sciences)
  • Yurchenko Y.A. (Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals,Siberian Branch,Russian Academy of Sciences)
  • Zinchenko T.D. (Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin,Russian Academy of Sciences)
  • Golovatyuk L.V. (Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin,Russian Academy of Sciences)
  • Krylov A.V. (Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters,Russian Academy of Sciences)

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