Research Article

Effects of Different Habitat Space on Growth Performance and Nutritional Composition of Swimming Crabs (Portunus trituberculatus)

Table 5

Fatty acid compositions (%) of P. trituberculatus (dry matter; n = 3).

Fatty acidDifferent habitat space
0.5 m21 m210 m2100 m2

C14 : 02.90 ± 0.372.20 ± 0.263.43 ± 0.852.68 ± 0.73
C16 : 041.8 ± 0.6944.15 ± 0.8742.52 ± 0.6640.33 ± 2.1
C16 : 1 n − 74.47 ± 0.26b3.24 ± 0.17b5.56 ± 0.65a6.33 ± 0.65a
C18 : 1 n − 914.56 ± 1.9316.59 ± 2.1313.91 ± 0.9110.57 ± 0.28
C18 : 2 n − 61.22 ± 0.12b1.74 ± 0.16a0.92 ± 0.05b1.13 ± 0.16b
C18 : 3 n − 30.49 ± 0.020.46 ± 0.060.53 ± 0.030.61 ± 0.05
C20 : 1 n − 90.08 ± 0.040.19 ± 0.100.22 ± 0.140.08 ± 0.08
C20 : 2 n − 60.19 ± 0.120.28 ± 0.090.39 ± 0.080.52 ± 0.21
C20 : 4 n − 63.29 ± 0.322.81 ± 0.183.35 ± 0.213.84 ± 0.76
C20 : 5 n − 3 (EPA)17.73 ± 0.68b16.03 ± 0.83b18.07 ± 1.41ab21.68 ± 1.1a
C22 : 6 n − 3 (DHA)13.27 ± 0.9512.32 ± 0.2911.11 ± 0.4712.21 ± 0.35
ΣSFA44.7 ± 0.3446.36 ± 0.8745.95 ± 0.2743.01 ± 2.20
ΣMUFA19.11 ± 2.0520.02 ± 2.0719.7 ± 1.6216.99 ± 0.43
ΣPUFA35.56 ± 1.4533.62 ± 1.5634.35 ± 1.7140.00 ± 2.50

Note: ΣSFA means total saturated fatty acid; ΣMUFA means total monounsaturated fatty acid; ΣPUFA means total polyunsaturated fatty acid.