| 论文题目 | Blubber fatty acid compositions in different geographic populations of finless porpoise in Chinese waters: implications for thermal adaptation |
| 论文题目（英文） | Blubber fatty acid compositions in different geographic populations of finless porpoise in Chinese waters: implications for thermal adaptation |
| 作者 | TANG, Bin;ZHANG, Ya;张培君;李松海;ZHENG, Jinsong;TANG, Wenqiao;WANG, Kexiong;WANG, Ding;HAO, Yujiang |
| 发表年度 | 2022-07 |
| 卷 | 17 |
| 期 | |
| 页码 | 638-655 |
| 期刊名称 | Integrative Zoology |
| 摘要 | |
| 摘要_英文 |
The stratification of blubber fatty acids (FAs) is a widely used strategy in marine mammals and can be influenced by many factors, including their diet, environmental temperature, and physiological status. There are 3 distinct finless porpoise species/subspecies in Chinese coastal and inland waters in a wide range from 20°N to 40°N. The biochemical stratification of the blubbers of finless porpoises in different regions may provide valuable information for understanding their environmental adaptations. The FA compositions of 4 geographic populations of finless porpoise (FP) collected from the Bohai Gulf, East China Sea, South China Sea, and Yangtze River were therefore analyzed and compared. The blubber FA compositions of finless porpoises were dominated by ΣMUFAs, followed by ΣSFAs and ΣPUFAs, and were generally consistent with those of other cetaceans. The blubber of finless porpoises was significantly stratified with increasing levels of ΣMUFAs and decreasing levels of ΣSFAs and ΣPUFAs from the inner to the outer layers. The 3 marine populations shared more similarities in their FA compositions and stratifications compared to the freshwater porpoises, particularly regarding the PUFAs in the inner layers, which might have been mainly influenced by the diet compositions of marine and freshwater porpoises. Contrary to what was expected, in the 3 marine populations, the SFA and MUFA levels showed opposite correlations (negative and positive, respectively) with habitat temperatures, possibly indicating an adaptation mechanism in finless porpoises characterized by a trade-off between the insulation and fluidity properties of the blubber through the adjustment of the compositions and gradients of MUFAs and SFAs across the blubber depth in response to environmental temperature/latitude changes.
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