Table 4.

Fatty acid composition of the adipose from yellow-rumped warblers (Setohaga coronata) fed different dietary oil blends

Fatty Acid	MUFA	n–3 PUFA	n–6 PUFA	F Value	P Value
12:0	3.88 ± 0.21a,b	3.13 ± 0.21b	4.39 ± 0.21a	F2,50 = 9.29	0.0004
14:0	3.09 ± 0.24b	4.11 ± 0.23a	3.73 ± 0.24b	F2,50 = 4.85	0.012
16:0	27.97 ± 0.86	29.09 ± 0.84	27.87 ± 0.86	F2,50 = 0.64	0.53
16:1n–7	3.75 ± 0.29	3.32 ± 0.28	3.78 ± 0.29	F2,50 = 0.81	0.45
18:0	6.32 ± 0.37b	8.38 ± 0.36a	8.45 ± 0.37a	F2,50 = 10.72	0.0002
18:1n–7	1.14 ± 0.08a	0.93 ± 0.08a,b	0.72 ± 0.08b	F2,47 = 6.99	0.002
18:1n–9 cis	49.66 ± 1.05a	44.06 ± 1.03b	45.75 ± 1.05b	F2,50 = 7.71	0.001
18:2n–6 cis	3.48 ± 0.37	3.80 ± 0.36	3.53 ± 0.37	F2,50 = 0.22	0.80
20:4n–6 (ARA)	0.04 ± 0.05b	0.04 ± 0.05b	0.63 ± 0.05a	F2,50 = 50.47	<0.0001
20:5n–3 (EPA)	0.002 ± 0.01b	0.04 ± 0.01a	0.002 ± 0.01b	F2,50 = 9.64	0.0003
22:6 n–3 (DHA)	0.09 ± 0.12b	0.98 ± 0.11a	0.001 ± 0.12b	F2,50 = 20.24	<0.0001
SFA	41.72 ± 0.87b	45.14 ± 0.85a	44.91 ± 0.87a	F2,50 = 4.87	0.012
MUFA	54.18 ± 0.85a	49.41 ± 0.83b	50.27 ± 0.85b	F2,50 = 9.11	0.0005
PUFA	3.85 ± 0.45	5.15 ± 0.44	4.58 ± 0.45	F2,50 = 2.11	0.13
LCPUFA	0.15 ± 0.13c	1.12 ± 0.13a	0.65 ± 0.13b	F2,50 = 13.15	<0.0001
n–3 PUFA	0.26 ± 0.13b	1.26 ± 0.13a	0.22 ± 0.13b	F2,50 = 19.46	<0.0001
n–6 PUFA	3.54 ± 0.37	3.86 ± 0.36	4.29 ± 0.37	F2,50 = 1.00	0.38
n–6:n–3	20.07 ± 2.07a	5.38 ± 2.02b	20.34 ± 2.07a	F2,50 = 17.62	<0.0001

Data are %mean mass  ±  SE. Fatty acid groups include minor fatty acids not listed above. Values with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05) between diet groups. EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; ARA, arachidonic acid; SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; LCPUFA, long-chain PUFA. Warblers per group: MUFA: 20; n–3 PUFA: 16; n–6 PUFA: 20.

^a,b,cP < 0.05, values with different superscripts differ between diet groups.