Lipid content and composition of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba Dana

Clarke, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7582-3074. 1984 Lipid content and composition of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba Dana. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 4 (5). 285-294. https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240X84X00660

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Available data on the lipid content and composition of the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba Dana are summarized. Female total lipid content increases during the summer as the ovary matures, and there is also some evidence of an increase in the lipid content of males and immatures as winter approaches. The storage lipid is mainly triacylglycerol and there is less than 1% wax ester. Fatty acids are moderately unsaturated, though less so in the ovarian lipid, and the triacylglycerol contains up to 4% phytanic acid. These data suggest that krill feed on phytoplankton during the summer bloom, but that, unlike E. crystallorophias, E. superba does not rely on a lipid store to survive the winter.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240X84X00660
ISSN:	0278-0372
NORA Subject Terms:	Biology and Microbiology
Date made live:	20 Jun 2019 09:49 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/523831

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