composition

Nutrients	Autumn	Winter	Spring	Summer	P-value
Saturatedfattyacids (SFA)
C14:0	1.24±0.52^a	1.57±1.03^a	3.5±2.55^b	1.79±0.54^a	0.04
C16:0	24.97±6.15^a	20.94±5.61^a	21.76±1.31^a	22.67±3.28^a	0.11
C18:0	12.01±3.03^a	9.84±2.15^a	7.85±3.14^a	9.69±0.92^a	0.07
Monounsaturatedfattyacids (MUFA)
C16:1	2.63±0.77^a	2.77±1.39^a	4.13±1.16^b	2.69±0.69^a	0.001
C18:1	7.09±3.92^b	13.81±6.60^a	12.23±3.73^a	11.93±4.21^a	0.01
Polyunsaturatedfattyacids : n-6 series
C18:2n-6	1.34±0.40^a	1.26±0.31^a	1.46±0.51^a	1.42±0.23^a	0.02
C18:3 n-6	0.15±0.10^a	0.12±0.05^a	0.10±0.03^a	0.19±0.09^a	0.53
C20:2n-6	0.15±0.06^a	0.26±0.04^a	0.34±0.13^a	0.17±0.16^a	0.03
C20:4n-6	3.91±0.57^a	2.81±0.79^b	2.37±0.79^b	2.72±0.70^b	0.004
Polyunsaturatedfattyacids : n-3 series
C18:3 n-3	0.29±0.05^c	0.50±0.18^a	0.73±0.38^b	0.47±0.17^a	0.001
C20:3n-3	0.35±0.17^a	0.51±0.29^a	0.26±0.14^b	0.38±0.05^a	0.02
C20:5n-3	4.57±0.91^a	5.79±0.77^a	7.80±0.97^b	6.08±1.10^b	0.001
C22:5n-3	1.05±0.23^a	1.63±0.68^a	1.75±0.42^a	1.46±0.24^a	0.009
C22:6n-3	40.10±7.93^b	38±8.91^b	35.66±4.45^a	38.28±5.8^b	0.04
PUFA/SFA	1.36	1.56	1.52	1.49
ω3/ ω6	8.36	10.40	10.81	10.37

Means (n = 6) with the same letter in the raw are not significantly different (p>0.05).
Table 2: Fatty acids composition of Atlantic mackerel samples (% TFA).