From: Patterns and dynamics of neutral lipid fatty acids in ants – implications for ecological studies
Formica fusca | Myrmica rubra | Myrmica rubra larvae | Food | |||||||||||||||
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NLFA | Week 0 | Week 8 | Queens | Week 0 | Week 8 | Queens | Week 0 | Week 8 | ||||||||||
+ | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | |
C12:0 lauric | 0.1 (t) | 0.1 (t) | 0.1 (t) | 0.1 (t) | 0.1 (t) | 0.1 (t) | 0.6 (t) | 0.4 (t) | 0.2 (t) | 0.3 (t) | 0.1 (1) | 0.2 (t) | 3.9 (t) | 2.4 (t) | 0.4 (t) | 1.0 (t) | t (t) | t (t) |
C14:0 mystric | 0.5 (t) | 0.3 (t) | 0.3 (t) | 0.6 (t) | 0.1 (t) | 0.3 (t) | 1.9 (1) | 1.6 (t) | 0.6 (1) | 0.5 (1) | 0.1 (1) | 0.4 (1) | 8.8 (1) | 5.0 (1) | 1.2 (1) | 2.7 (1) | t (t) | t (t) |
C16:0 palmitic | 59.0 (25) | 40.6 (25) | 95.2 (12) | 129.8 (18) | 25.5 (11) | 30.5 (18) | 55.7 (18) | 54.0 (18) | 23.1 (32) | 31.3 (30) | 3.0 (26) | 10.3 (17) | 532.7 (54) | 397.1 (59) | 48.9 (33) | 50.1 (25) | 9.2 (8) | 0.8 (32) |
C16:1n9 palmitotelic | 4.1 (1) | 0.9 (t) | 2.6 (t) | 4.6 (1) | 0.9 (t) | 2.4 (1) | 6.7 (2) | 2.6 (1) | 1.1 (1) | 1.8 (1) | 0.1 (1) | 1.6 (3) | 11.3 (1) | 2.7 (t) | 1.2 (1) | 8.1 (4) | 0.1 (t) | t (1) |
C18:0 stearic | 11.6 (10) | 11.4 (12) | 26.5 (3) | 22.3 (3) | 7.2 (3) | 5.3 (3) | 13.1 (5) | 17.4 (6) | 7.6 (15) | 7.7 (13) | 1.7 (15) | 1.3 (3) | 242.2 (25) | 209.2 (31) | 29.8 (20) | 23.4 (12) | 6.6 (6) | 0.1 (4) |
C18:1n9 oleic | 284.7 (64) | 224.6 (62) | 523.7 (67) | 570.3 (78) | 151.4 (66) | 135.4 (77) | 273.5 (74) | 251.7 (74) | 80.0 (48) | 129.2 (55) | 4.4 (26) | 46.1 (76) | 202.6 (19) | 51.5 (8) | 39.4 (27) | 112.2 (56) | 1.8 (2) | 1.5 (59) |
C18:2n6 linoleic | 0.4 (t) | 0.4 (t) | 4.2 (1) | 0.2 (t) | 3.0 (1) | 0.5 (t) | 1.3 (1) | 1.6 (1) | 2.4 (2) | 0.3 (t) | 1.1 (7) | 0.4 (1) | 3.2 (t) | 2.1 (t) | 3.4 (2) | 1.3 (1) | 5.3 (4) | 0.1 (2) |
C18:3n3 α-linolenic | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 138.8 (17) | 0 (0) | 30.8 (14) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3.9 (2) | 0 (0) | 3.1 (18) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 20 (14) | 0 (0) | 80.9 (72) | t (1) |
C18:3n6 γ-linolenic | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 22.5 (3) | 0 (0) | 9.1 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.3 (1) | 0 (0) | 0.9 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.7 (1) | 0 (0) | 8.9 (8) | 0 (0) |
C20:0 arachidic | 0.1 (t) | 0.1 (t) | 0.1 (t) | 0.1 (t) | 0.1 (t) | 0 (t) | 0.2 (t) | 0.2 (t) | 0.1 (t) | 0.1 (t) | 0.1 (t) | 0.1 (t) | 0.7 (t) | 0.6 (t) | 0.2 (t) | 0.1 (t) | t (t) | t (t) |
Total | 360.3 | 278.4 | 813.9 | 728.0 | 228.0 | 174.5 | 353.1 | 329.7 | 120.3 | 171.2 | 14.5 | 60.3 | 1005.5 | 670.6 | 146.3 | 198.9 | 112.8 | 2.6 |
Sample size | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |