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. 2020 May 21;15(5):e0233513. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233513

Table 2. Biochemical composition (lipid and protein, % dry weight) recorded in marine bivalve species of different regions.

Species Region Data period Lipid (%DW) Protein (%DW) References
N. inaequiscupta Antarctic Late spring 12.2–17.1 21.1–25.8a This study
Laternula elliptica Antarctic Summer ca. 8.20 n/a [68]
Antarctic Late spring 6.0–18.0 60.0–85.0b [69]
Aequiyoldia eightsii Antarctic Summer 4.60–8.30 13.1–22.3a Unpublished data
Nucula sulcata Sub-arctic Late spring 6.69–6.77 9.72–9.95c [70]
Nucula turgida Sub-arctic Late spring 13.0–15.0 60.0–66.0b [71]
Abra alba Sub-arctic Late spring 4.66–5.56 8.88–9.40c [72]
Chlamys septemradiata Sub-arctic Late spring 5.89–13.1 9.51–13.8c [73]
Lima hians Sub-arctic Late spring 5.31–7.36 8.10–10.5c [74]
Astarte montagui Sub-arctic Late spring 4.12–5.58 9.35–9.97c [75]
Mytilus edulis Sub-arctic Spring 5.00–6.00 50.0–60.0b [76]
Mytilus galloprovincialis Temperate Late spring 1.35 11.1b [77]
Temperate Summer 6.27 49.5b [78]
Temperate Late spring 1.60 9.70b [79]
Temperate Late spring 1.84 8.78a [80]
Tapes decussatus Temperate Late spring 1.61 10.9b [81]
Tapes philippinarum Temperate Late spring 1.33 10.5b [81]
Crassostrea gigas Temperate Spring 7.33 ca. 16.0a [82]
Temperate Spring 8.00 40.5a [83]
Ostrea edulis Temperate Spring 6.90 38.9a [83]
Mactra chinensis Temperate Spring 1.50–22.0 16.1–43.4d [84]
Fulvia mutica Temperate Spring ca. 7.50 ca. 55.0b [85]

a = protein data through Lowry method

b = protein data through Kjeldhal method

c = estimation of nitrogen content; n/a: not available.