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SUBMITTER: Anedda R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8266866 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Anedda Roberto R Siliani Silvia S Melis Riccardo R Loi Barbara B Baroli Maura M
Scientific reports 20210708 1
Sea urchins Paracentrotus lividus were harvested monthly from April 2015 to March 2016 from two sites in Sardinia (Italy). The two sites, a Posidonia oceanica meadow and a rocky bottom habitat, were naturally characterized by different food sources and availability, being mainly populated by the sea grass Posidonia oceanica and the brown algae Halopteris scoparia, respectively. Total lipids showed a minimum during winter in mature gonads, and a maximum in the summer (recovery stage). Fatty acid ...[more]