Table 1. Average fatty acid composition of phospholipids in C. acutus from 4 stations (n = number of individual copepods sampled from each station, * position of double bonds uncertain).

Fatty acid	Station
	2.1 (n = 24)	(SE)	4 (n = 30)	(SE)	5 (n = 13)	(SE).	6 (n = 18)	(SE).	Overall mean	(SE)
14:0	3.8	(0.3)	3.4	(0.3)	2.0	(0.2)	2.9	(0.2)	3.2	0.2
15:0	0.4	(0.1)	0.4	(0.1)	0.3	(0.1)	0. 7	(0.1)	0.4	0.1
16:0	17.2	(0.6)	17.7	(0.5)	20.8	(0.8)	20.5	(0.4)	18.6	0.3
16:1(n-7)	1.8	(0.2)	1.8	(0.1)	1.6	(0.1)	1.8	(0.1)	1.8	0.1
16:2(n-4)	5.9	(1.0)	3.8	(0.7)	2.0	(0.3)	8.0	(0.7)	5.0	0.4
18:0	5.2	(0.6)	3.8	(0.3)	4.3	(0.5)	15.0	(1.3)	6.6	0.6
18:1(n-9)	4.2	(0.2)	3.6	(0.4)	3.8	(0.3)	3.2	(0.2)	3.7	0.1
18:1(n-7)	2.8	(0.1)	2.7	(0.1)	2.4	(0.2)	2.2	(0.35)	2. 6	0.1
18:1(n-5)	5.1	(0.3)	4.2	(0.2)	4.2	(0.3)	5.6	(0.4)	4.7	0.3
18:2(n-6)	0.9	(0.1)	1.0	(0.1)	0.7	(0.04)	1.4	(0.4)	1.0	0.1
18:4(n-3)	0.3	(0.1)	0.2	(0.1)	0.6	(0.1)	0.3	(0.03)	0.3	0.03
20:1(n-9)	1.4	(0.1)	1.3	(0.1)	1.2	(0.1)	0.4	(0.1)	1.1	0.1
20:4(n-6)	0.1	(0.02)	0.4	(0.1)	0.3	(0.1)	0.1	(0.04)	0.2	0.03
20:4(n-3)	0.8	(0.1)	0.6	(0.1)	0.5	(0.1)	0.4	(0.1)	0.6	0.1
20:4*	1.3	(0.5)	1.8	(0.6)	1.2	(0.1)	0. 5	(0.1)	1.3	0.3
20:5(n-3)	17.3	(1.1)	20.8	(0.8)	24.8	(0.7)	13.8	(0.9)	18.9	0.6
22:1(n-11)	0.2	(0.03)	0.2	(0.03)	0.3	(0.1)	0.4	(0.1)	0.2	0.04
22:1(n-9)	1.0	(0.2)	0.6	(0.1)	0.6	(0.1)	0.2	(0.1)	0.6	0.1
22:5(n-3)	0.3	(0.1)	0.7	(0.1)	1.0	(0.1)	0.2	(0.03)	0.5	0.1
22:6(n-3)	30.2	(1.8)	31.4	(1.2)	27.7	(1.3)	23.1	(1.0)	28.7	0.7