p. 71 - 79 COMPARATIVE OBSERVATIONS OF FATTY ACIDS COMPOSITION OF ARTEMIA FROM TEKIRGHIOL LAKE - BLACK SEA LITTORAL M. Crasmaru 1) and S.V. Khotimchenko 2) 1) Romanian Marine Research Institute Constanta 2) Institute of Marine Biology, Far East Branch Academy of Science of Russia, Vladivostok Abstract Fatty acids of the Artemia from the salt lake Tekirghiol-Romania were investigated. The compared data showed that Artemia has a typical pattern of fatty acids and it was suggested that specificity is due to environmental conditions, nouvishment and to specific feature of the investigated population. Key words: Tekirghiol lake, Artemia, fatty acids