Skip to main content
. 2018 Jan 29;6:e4239. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4239

Table 1. Lipid class composition (mg g lipid−1) of distal intracolonial locations in two size classes of Acropora millepora colonies.

L-centre: large colony centre, L-33: 33.3% of the longitudinal radius length, L-66: 66.6% of the longitudinal radius length, L-edge: large colony edge, S-centre: small colony centre, S-50: 50% of the longitudinal radius length, S-edge: small colony edge (S-edge). Values are presented as means ± SEM. For each colony size, values in the same row size that do not share the same superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).

Small Large
Lipid class (mg g lipid−1) Centre S-50 Edge Centre L-33 L-66 Edge
Wax ester 114 ± 15.9b 171 ± 48.5a 118 ± 15.8ab 194 ± 92.3a 130 ± 7.71a 125 ± 9.88a 119 ± 6.77a
Triacylglycerol 499 ± 94.1a 411 ± 92.8a 311 ± 94.9a 270 ± 123a 301 ± 69.9a 456 ± 69.2a 312 ± 75.3ab
Free fatty acid 14.6 ± 3.48a 16.5 ± 5.78a 19 ± 3.29a 20.1 ± 7.05a 18.3 ± 2.73a 17 ± 3.16a 22.2 ± 2.08a
1,2-diacylglycerol 39.1 ± 13a 44.5 ± 13a 50.6 ± 14.5a 58.5 ± 19.4a 52.7 ± 22.1a 38 ± 10.7a 34.5 ± 14a
Sterol 44.9 ± 9.17b 48.5 ± 8.31b 71.9 ± 9.47a 56.4 ± 9.42a 66 ± 7.72a 63.9 ± 28a 74.1 ± 6.81a
AMPL 96.7 ± 23b 100 ± 20.6b 150 ± 25.6a 118 ± 21.3ab 138 ± 17a 88.5 ± 12.2b 145 ± 27a
Phosphatidylethanolamine 49.9 ± 9.51b 54.7 ± 9.57ab 69.3 ± 12.9a 70.5 ± 14.1a 68.9 ± 17.5a 54.5 ± 8.15a 73.4 ± 9.82a
Phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylinositol 53.1 ± 16.7b 69 ± 20ab 89.6 ± 15.2a 89.7 ± 25.7a 95.1 ± 22.3a 69.1 ± 12.9a 92.9 ± 16.5a
Phosphatidylcholine 77.3 ± 19.2b 81.1 ± 13.6ab 115 ± 20.3a 103 ± 19.4a 116 ± 15.3a 72.6 ± 7.72b 121 ± 16.5a
Lysophosphatidylcholine 11.7 ± 11.2a 3.12 ± 5.7a 6.05 ± 10.5a 19.3 ± 14.5a 13.5 ± 14.8a 15.1 ± 12a 6.1 ± 9.15a
∑Storage 66.6 ± 6.91a 64.3 ± 6.5a 49.8 ± 7.85b 54.3 ± 8.23a 50.2 ± 5.65a 63.6 ± 6.05a 48.8 ± 7.05a
∑Structural 33.4 ± 6.91b 35.7 ± 6.5b 50.2 ± 7.85a 45.7 ± 8.23a 49.8 ± 5.65a 36.4 ± 6.05a 51.2 ± 7.05a
Storage:Structural 2.34 ± 0.66a 2.1 ± 0.64ab 1.17 ± 0.45b 1.55 ± 0.59a 1.14 ± 0.33a 1.99 ± 0.42a 1.09 ± 0.29a