Sterols, a group of stable lipid compounds, are often used as biomarkers in marine biogeochemical studies to indicate sources of organic matter. In this study, sterols in 13 species of major bloom-forming algae in China, which belong to Dinophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Pelagophyceae, were analyzed with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to test their feasibility in representing different types of harmful algal blooms (HABs). It was found that (24Z)-stigmasta-5,24-dien-3β-ol (28-isofucosterol) was a major sterol component in green-tide forming macroalga Ulva prolifera. In bloom-forming dinoflagellates Alexandrium spp., Prorocentrum micans and Scrippsiella trochoidea, (22E)-4α,23-dimethyl-5α-ergost-22-en-3β-ol (dinosterol) was detected in addition to cholest-5-en-3β-ol (cholesterol), (22E)-ergosta-5,22-dien-3β-ol, (22E)-stigmasta-5,22-dien-3β-ol and other minor sterol components. In brown-tide forming pelagophyte Aureococcus anophagefferens, (24E)-24-propylcholesta-5,24-dien-3β-ol ((24E)-24-propylidenecholesterol) and (24Z)-24-propylcholesta-5,24-dien-3β-ol ((24Z)-24-propylidenecholesterol) were detected together with cholesterol, (22E)-stigmasta-5,22-dien-3β-ol, stigmast-5-en-3β-ol and campest-5-en-3β-ol. Among the selected bloom-forming diatoms, Chaetoceros sp. and Pseudo-nitzschia spp. only produced cholesterol, while Cylindrotheca closterium produced solely (22E)-ergosta-5,22-dien-3β-ol. Sterol content in four bloom-forming algal species correlates well with their biomass or abundance. It's proposed that 28-isofucosterol could serve as a promising biomarker for green algae in green-tide studies. Dinosterol and (24Z)-24-propylidenecholesterol can be used as potential biomarkers to represent bloom-forming dinoflagellates and pelagophytes, while (22E)-ergosta-5,22-dien-3β-ol is not a good indicator for diatoms.
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