Are there certain environmental factors, such as starvation or light deprivation, which would cause an algal cell to produce more lipid bodies than usual?
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Phosphate limitation caused significant changes in the fatty acid and lipid composition of Monodus subterraneus. So I believe, feeding must have strong effect on lipid composition for the all algae types.
http://www.bashanfoundation.org/zvi/publications/zvistarvation.pdf
The below link might be useful to know the effect of salinity on lipid.
http://www.nmmu.ac.za/documents/theses/Martinus%20Jakobus%20Sonnekus.pdf