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Lipid profiles of Nematocarcinus gracilis a deep-sea shrimp from below the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone
Allen, C.E.; Tyler, P.A.; Varney, M.S. (2000). Lipid profiles of Nematocarcinus gracilis a deep-sea shrimp from below the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone. Hydrobiologia 440(1-3): 273-279. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004147900461
In: Hydrobiologia. Springer: The Hague. ISSN 0018-8158; e-ISSN 1573-5117, more
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Allen, C.E.; Tyler, P.A.; Varney, M.S. (2000). Lipid profiles of Nematocarcinus gracilis a deep-sea shrimp from below the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone, in: Jones, M.B. et al. Island, Ocean and Deep-Sea Biology: Proceedings of the 34th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal, 13-17 September 1999. Developments in Hydrobiology, 152: pp. 273-279. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1982-7_25, more
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Keywords
    Acids > Organic compounds > Organic acids > Fatty acids
    Chemical compounds > Organic compounds > Lipids
    Layers > Core layers (water) > Oxygen minimum layer
    Nematocarcinus gracilis Spence Bate, 1888 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
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  • Allen, C.E.
  • Tyler, P.A., more
  • Varney, M.S.
Abstract
    Specimens of the deep-sea benthic shrimp Nematocarcinus gracilis were collected from 900 m to 1000 m in the Arabian Sea, close to where the permanent oxygen minimum zone meets the sea floor. Lipid profiles, encompassing total lipid, lipid class and fatty acid composition, were compared with previously reported crustacean lipid assays and provided an insight into the life history of the species. The major storage lipid in N. gracilis was triglyceride, supporting the supposition that this species exists in benthic regions. Neutral lipid levels were commensurate with N. gracilis being an opportunistic feeder. Fatty acid composition was typical of an organism with a diet based on an ultimately photosynthetic source of organic carbon, but also reflected the reduction in the availability of labile organic carbon (in the case of lipid, highly unsaturated fatty acids) in the deep sea.
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