Ocean Acidification-Induced Food Quality Deterioration Constrains Trophic Transfer
Figure 1
Fatty acid composition and concentration of Thalassiorira pseudonana cultured at different CO2 treatments.
A) Percentage of polyunsaturated (PUFA), monounsaturated (MUFA), and saturated (SFA) fatty acids relative to total fatty acids during the exponential growth phase cultured at low (realized value of 365 µatm pCO2, n = 5) and high (realized value of 915 µatm pCO2, n = 3) CO2 treatments used as copepod food source. B) Change in the fatty acid composition in T. pseudonana after a shift from high to low pCO2 conditions (n = 1 per treatment level). Time 0 are measured values before the culture media shift. Error bars indicate standard errors.