Table 1 Fatty acids as biochemical markers of certain taxonomic groups that occur in the studied water body (Kanevskoe Reservoir, Ukraine)
Group | Fatty acid markers | References |
|---|---|---|
Phytoplankton group | Â | Â |
 Chlorophyceae | 18:2n-6, 18:3n-3, and C16 PUFAs n-3 and n-6 | Napolitano 1999 |
Viso and Marty 1993 | ||
Petkov and Garcia 2007 | ||
 Cryptophyceae | Simultaneous occurrence of 18:3n-3 and 18:4n-3; and 20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3 | Brett et al. 2009 |
Dijkman and Kromkamp 2006 | ||
Desvilettes et al. 1997 | ||
Guevara et al. 2011 | ||
 Dinophyceae | 18:4n-3, 18:5n-3, and 22:6n-3 | Napolitano 1999 |
Berge and Barnathan 2005 | ||
 Bacillariophyceae | C16 PUFAs n-7, n-4, n-1, 20:5n-3, and 16:1n-7/16:0 > 1 | Dijkman and Kromkamp 2006 |
Shin et al. 2000 | ||
Prato et al. 2012 | ||
 Cyanobacteria | 18:3n-3 (or 18:3n-6) | Gugger et al. 2002 |
Heterotrophic bacteria | Branched C15-17 SFAs and MUFAs, 18:1n-7, 16:1n-6, trans-16:1n-5, and 18:1n-8 | Napolitano 1999 |
Green and Scow 2000 | ||
Decomposed material | SFAs, especially 18:0 | Hama 1999 |
Vascular plant detritus | Long-chain SFAs (C20 to C32) | Shorland 1963 |
Napolitano 1999 | ||
Copepoda | C20 to C22 MUFAs | Hagen et al. 1993 |
Kattner et al. 2007 | ||
Mollusca | NMI FAs, 20:1n-13, and 22:2n-6 | Mezek et al. 2011 |
Zhukova 2007 | ||
Saito and Hashimoto 2010 |