Table 3 Fatty acid composition (% of total long chain fatty acid) of the five investigated species, cultivated at standard irradiance (75 μmol photons m ^-2 s ^-1 ) and temperature (polar species: 3°C, temperate species: 16°C) conditions

7.6 ± 0.1

7.6 ± 0.4

-

20.2

22.1 ± 0.1

-

1.3 ± 0.1

-

1.1

-

7.9 ± 0.1

26.8 ± 0.3

23.2 ± 0.3

6.2

18.6 ± 0.2

2.8 ± 0.0

-

1.5 ± 0.0

-

1.5 ± 0.1

26.6 ± 0.1

30.2 ± 0.4

-

-

2.7 ± 0.8

3.4 ± 0.1

11.9 ± 0.1

-

-

-

14.2 ± 0.4

-

18.9 ± 1.0

-

-

-

-

2.6 ± 1.8

-

1.4 ± 0.3

-

-

2.8 ± 0.1

3.0

-

-

-

5.5 ± 0.1

4.4

9.2 ± 3.0

-

-

2.9 ± 0.1

17.1

10.9 ± 0.4

-

-

3.8 ± 0.0

2.1

4.8 ± 0.0

-

-

17.1 ± 0.4

8.9

2.2 ± 0.2

5.6 ± 0.1

5.0 ± 0.3

5.9 ± 0.2

7.9

7.8 ± 2.1

-

-

4.9 ± 0.2

8.4

-

-

-

2.8 ± 0.1

-

-

-

-

-

-

7.3 ± 0.6

31.5 ± 0.4

14.6 ± 0.1

-

-

11.9 ± 1.5

-

-

2.6 ± 0.1

-

-

-

2.7 ± 0.0

5.8 ± 0.3

20.7

-