Lipid composition of Arctodiaptomus salinus (Copepoda: Calanoida)

We analyzed the lipid and fatty acid composition in adult females and egg sacs of the calanoid copepod Arctodiaptomus salinus (Daday) to describe differences in composition due to fecundity status. The fatty acid composition varied between females carrying eggs and those without eggs, indicating differences in assimilation, catabolism, synthesis, or modification of fatty acids associated with physiological changes that occurs during reproduction.