Total Lipid and Fatty Acid Classes in Decomposing Mangrove Leaves of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza and Kandelia candel: Significance with respect to Lipid Input

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dc.creatorMfilinge, Prosper L.
dc.creatorMeziane, Tarik
dc.creatorBachok, Zainudin
dc.creatorTsuchiya, Makoto
dc.date2016-07-08T12:31:39Z
dc.date2016-07-08T12:31:39Z
dc.date2005
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-27T08:23:46Z
dc.date.available2018-03-27T08:23:46Z
dc.descriptionChanges in the concentration of total lipid and fatty acids (FAs) during the decomposition of mangrove leaves were investigated by field experiments using yellow leaves of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lamk. and Kandelia candel (L.) Druce, in order to quantify mangrove contribution to lipid and fatty acid inputs to marine sediments. Total lipid and total FA in the fresh (green and yellow) and decomposing leaves of both species were significantly higher during winter than summer. During decomposition, total lipid content and FA concentration, in particular branched chain fatty acids (BrFAs) and bacterial fatty acids (BFAs), increased to a maximum concentration in 45 days during winter and in 17 days during summer. Lipids were lost faster in K. candel leaf detritus than in B. gymnorrhiza leaf detritus in which >90% of the total lipid original weight was lost during the summer experiment and <60% during the winter experiment. The changes in the concentrations of total lipids and FAs in the decomposing leaves also indicate that mangrove leaves are significant sources of fatty acids and probably other lipid compounds to estuarine ecosystems and that tidal waters transport the lipids and FAs adsorbed to particulate matter from mangroves to adjacent estuarine sediments and the ocean.
dc.identifierMfilinge, P.L., Meziane, T., Bachok, Z. and Tsuchiya, M., 2005. Total lipid and fatty acid classes in decomposing mangrove leaves of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza and Kandelia candel: significance with respect to lipid input. Journal of oceanography, 61(3), pp.613-622.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2948
dc.identifier10.1007/s10872-005-0069-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2948
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer Link
dc.subjectBruguiera gymnorrhiza
dc.subjectKandelia candel
dc.subjectLipid content
dc.subjectMangrove
dc.subjectDecomposition
dc.subjectFatty acids
dc.titleTotal Lipid and Fatty Acid Classes in Decomposing Mangrove Leaves of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza and Kandelia candel: Significance with respect to Lipid Input
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Reviewed

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