Table 5.

Fatty acid composition of total plasma lipids from Control and Flown yellow-rumped warblers (Setophaga coronata) fed different dietary oil blends

Fatty Acid/Flight	MUFA	n–3 PUFA	n–6 PUFA	F Value	P Value
12:0	1.07 ± 0.13a	0.61 ± 0.13b	0.79 ± 0.13b	F2,50 = 3.52	0.04
14:0	1.84 ± 0.21	1.42 ± 0.21	1.50 ± 0.22	F2,50 = 1.11	0.34
15:0	1.57 ± 0.42	1.37 ± 0.42	0.53 ± 0.44	F2,50 = 1.66	0.2
16:0	25.40 ± 0.50	26.24 ± 0.51	26.49 ± 0.50	F2,50 = 1.27	0.29
16:1n–7
Control	1.85 ± 0.16*a	2.00 ± 0.16*a	1.32 ± 0.17b	F2,50 = 5.12	0.01
Flown	2.37 ± 0.17a	1.49 ± 0.18b	1.56 ± 0.18b
18:0	15.32 ± 1.41	13.54 ± 1.45	17.82 ± 1.47	F2,50 = 2.12	0.13
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
Control	32.00 ± 2.64*	37.46 ± 2.63	30.28 ± 2.78	F2,50 = 4.62	0.01
Flown	41.34 ± 2.78a	30.58 ± 2.94b	28.21 ± 2.9b
18:2n–6 cis
Control	4.32 ± 0.50*	5.19 ± 0.37*	3.83 ± 0.53	F2,50 = 5.84	0.005
Flown	6.20 ± 0.50a	3.59 ± 0.56b	3.35 ± 0.56b
20:3 n–6	0.57 ± 0.48	0.26 ± 0.49	1.28 ± 0.51	F2,50 = 1.08	0.34
20:4n–6 (ARA)	5.02 ± 0.80b	0.71 ± 0.82c	12.96 ± 0.80a	F2,50 = 55.06	<0.0001
20:5n–3 (EPA)	0.21 ± 0.25b	4.32 ± 0.25a	0.10 ± 0.26b	F2,50 = 89.76	<0.0001
22:6 n–3 (DHA)	0.48 ± 0.36b	6.96 ± 0.37a	0.36 ± 0.37b	F2,50 = 105.69	<0.0001
SFA
Control	47.91 ± 2.57*a	39.08 ± 2.57b	47.29 ± 2.71a	F2,50 = 3.33	0.04
Flown	40.25 ± 2.71	45.29 ± 2.88	46.57 ± 2.88
MUFA
Control	37.13 ± 2.26*a	41.64 ± 2.26*b	32.88 ± 1.74a	F2,50 = 5.51	0.007
Flown	45.50 ± 2.38a	34.35 ± 2.53b	33.04 ± 2.53b
PUFA	12.52 ± 1.07b	17.66 ± 1.11a	19.00 ± 1.13a	F2,50 = 9.82	0.0003
LCPUFA	5.82 ± 0.97b	12.43 ± 1.00a	13.59 ± 1.02a	F2,50 = 18.08	<0.0001
n–3 PUFA	1.18 ± 0.58b	11.92 ± 0.60a	0.93 ± 0.61b	F2,50 = 109.80	<0.0001
n–6 PUFA	10.90 ± 0.84b	5.44 ± 0.87c	17.88 ± 0.89a	F2,50 = 50.10	<0.0001
n–6 :n–3	10.11 ± 1.75b	0.50 ± 1.80c	23.94 ± 1.85a	F2,50 = 41.35	<0.0001

Data are %mean mass  ±  SE. Fatty acid groups include minor fatty acids not listed above. 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: n–3 PUFA: 7 Flown, 9 Control; n–6 PUFA: 8 Flown, 12 Control; MUFA: 9 Flown, 11 Control.

^*Significant effect of flight within a diet group.

^a,b,cP < 0.05, values with different superscripts differ between diet groups; for significant diet and flight interactions, letter comparisons are within Control and Flown groups.