A highly unsaturated fatty acid predicts carbon transfer between primary producers and consumers

By D. Müller-Navarra, Michael T. Brett, Anne M. Liston, C. Goldman. Nature, 2000

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Subfields: Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography

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Lipid and Fatty Acid Compositions of Mytilus galloprovincialis Cultured in the Mar Grande of Taranto (Southern Italy): Feeding Strategies and Trophic Relationships (2010, background): “These PUFAs are used as biomarkers to assess relationships between primary producers and invertebrate consumers (Pollero et al. 1981, Kharlamenko et al. 1995, Müller-Navarra et al. 2000).”
Still challenging: the ecological function of the cyanobacterial toxin microcystin – What we know so far (2018, background): “Colony formation, lower long-chain saturated fatty acids production, and increased toxicity have been reported in Microcystis cultures exposed to grazers (Jang et al., 2003; Müller-Navarra et al., 2000; Watson, 2003; Yang & Kong, 2012; Yang et al., 2006).”
Effect of nutrition on fatty acid profiles of riverine, lacustrine, and aquaculture-raised salmonids of pre-alpine habitats (2010, background): “The following PUFA are known to be crucial dietary components of aquatic consumers: (a) ARA, which is important for cortisol formation (Koven, 2001) and signal transduction (Smith & Fitzpatrick, 1996); (b) EPA, which yields higher reproduction success in zooplankton (Müller-Navarra et al., 2000; Bre”
Nutritional constraints at the cyanobacteria—Daphnia magna interface: The role of sterols (2008, background): “A correlative field study has suggested that the absence of long-chain PUFAs, in particular EPA, is responsible for the poor assimilation of cyanobacterial carbon by Daphnia (Müller-Navarra et al. 2000).”
The key role of zooplankton in ecosystem services: A perspective of interaction between zooplankton and fish recruitment (2021, background): “Nutritional quality of phytoplankton has a cascade effect along the food chain, influencing through zooplankton all the trophic web (Brett and Müller-Navarra, 1997; Elser et al., 2000; Müller-Navarra et al., 2000).”
What do tadpoles really eat? Assessing the trophic status of an understudied and imperiled group of consumers in freshwater habitats (2007, positive): “…have been successfully used to assess food web linkages in marine, lake and stream systems (Ahlgren et al., 1997; Napolitano et al., 1997, 1999; Muller-Navarra et al., 2000; Stübing, Hagen & Schmidt, 2003; Sushchik et al., 20034 ), and these analyses can provide detailed taxo- nomic…”
Essential Biomolecules in Food Webs (2019, background): “The importance of EPA and DHA for food quality affects biomass trophic transfer in aquatic ecosystems (Müller-Navarra, 1995a; Brett and Müller-Navarra, 1997; Müller-Navarra et al., 2000).”
Allocation of essential lipids in Daphnia magna during exposure to poor food quality (2007, background): “However, there is no indication about the potential influence of (n-6) PUFAs, as well as of SFAs and MUFAs, in the determination of fitness of daphnids in nature, while (n-3) PUFAs are suggested to play significant roles (Müller-Navarra et al. 2000; Wacker & von Elert 2001).”
Parasitic chytrids: their effects on phytoplankton communities and food-web dynamics (2007, background): “The analyses support the idea that fungal zoospores are food of good quality for Daphnia, since PUFAs and cholesterols are known to be essential for Daphnia growth and reproduction (Müller-Navarra et al., 2000).”
High-quality algae attached to leaf litter boost invertebrate shredder growth (2016, background): “…reached a larger size in the nutrient-enriched treatments. ω3 PUFAs from highquality algae can enhance invertebrate somatic growth and reproduction (Müller-Navarra et al. 2000, Wacker and von Elert 2001) and can stimulate energy-transfer efficiency to upper trophic levels (Kainz et al. 2004,…”
Good food versus bad food: the role of sterols and polyunsaturated fatty acids in determining growth and reproduction of Daphnia magna (2009, background): “In particular, a dietary deficiency in essential lipids, i.e., polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and sterols, has been shown to affect the performance of crustacean grazers (Müller-Navarra et al. 2000; Von Elert 2002; Ravet et al. 2003; Martin-Creuzburg et al. 2005a).”
Increased consumer fitness following transfer of toxin tolerance to offspring via maternal effects (2005, neutral): “For example, grazing-resistant forms, such as ﬁlaments and colonies, may mechanically interfere with feeding (Porter and Orcutt 1980), while their low content of fatty acids can suppress growth rates of zooplankton (Mu¨ller-Navarra et al. 2000).”