Table 2 Comparison of the major FA composition of algae observed in this study against data published previously

Bacillariophyceae

Phaeodactylum

9.2

26.8

45.4

-

-

-

0.7

4.6

-

-

-

-

12.3

1.1

a

tricornutum

9.4

23.7

35.8

-

-

-

6.0

3.3

4.4

3.2

0.2

-

13.3

0.9

b

6.7

14.7

43.6

2.0

-

-

-

15.8

0.5

0.4

1.1

-

14.4

0.7

e

Thalassiosira weissflogii

25.9

28.8

28.7

-

-

7.4

1.5

3.3

-

0.3

-

-

4.0

0.1

b

8.8

36.6

40.5

-

-

-

-

14.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

e

Chlorophyceae

Dunaliella primolecta

0.4

21.8

4.5

0.9

2.5

12.3

0.8

6.4

6.2

41.1

4.1

-

-

-

b

0.6

26.0

0.9

-

-

-

1.6

16.3

7.0

38.7

0.6

-

-

-

e

Nannochloris sp.

1.8

15.1

16.6

-

0.2

-

1.0

57.7

0.6

0.8

0.3

5.9

-

-

b

13.3

17.8

-

-

-

-

-

23.9

10.8

28.2

6.1

-

-

-

e

Parietochloris incisa

-

10.0

2.0

1.0

1.0

-

3.0

16.0

17.0

3.0

-

46.0

1.0

-

c

0

19.8

-

5.2

-

-

18.2

10.2

14.3

14.3

-

14.0

4.3

-

e

Cyanophyceae

Nostoc commune

0.3

43.5

11.3

0.4

-

-

1.5

6.9

19.3

16.3

-

-

-

-

d

-

25.3

24.1

-

-

-

-

-

12.5

38.1

-

-

-

-

e

Synechocystis sp.

13.4

26.5

43.6

-

-

-

3.5

8.0

0.2

4.7

-

-

-

-

b

42.5

18.8

30.1

-

-

-

-

-

-

14.2

-

-

-

-

e

Haptophyceae

Pavlova lutheri

11.8

23.6

28.3

-

-

-

2.0

12.4

-

-

-

-

12.1

9.7

a

10.1

11.1

26.3

-

-

-

-

5.2

0.6

0.5

9.1

0.3

18.0

9.7

e

Prymnesiophyceae

Emiliana huxleyi

41.7

17.7

5.5

-

-

-

2.1

21.7

0.9

5.5

5.0

-

-

-

b

18.8

10.3

-

-

-

-

10.8

42.2

-

-

8.7

-

-

9.2

e

Raphidophyceae

Heterosigma akashiwo

6.2

46.3

21.3

-

-

0.4

0.5

2.7

1.6

4.2

7.3

-

8.7

0.7

b

6.6

40.0

12.7

4.0

-

-

-

-

4.5

6.7

5.2

3.5

14.8

-

e