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Fatty acid composition of the postlarval daubed shanny (Leptoclinus maculatus) during the polar night

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Recent discoveries of high levels of biological activity in the Arctic marine ecosystems during the polar night raise questions regarding the ecophysiology of the pelagic postlarval daubed shanny Leptoclinus maculatus. Of special interest is the composition of the lipid sac—a unique feature not found in other Arctic fishes. Analysis of the fatty acid content of major classes of lipids as membrane—total phospholipids (PL) and storage—triacylglycerols (TAG) in the different postlarvae stages during the polar night is presented in this work for the first time. A high level of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) (71–74% of the total fatty acids (FA) of TAG) was found in the TAG of the L3-L4* postlarvae stages, among which 20:1(n-9) (28%) and 22:1(n-11) (27–29%) FAs are trophic biomarkers of the zooplankton Calanus spp. Among the polyunsaturated FA (PUFA), the FAs of (n-3) class were dominated (22:6(n-3)—in the PL, and 18:4(n-3)—in the TAG). A decrease in the content of the saturated FA (SFA) and an increase in the MUFA in the structural PL during the transition from the postlarval to the demersal stage were observed. Our analyses of the FA composition of the lipid sac suggest that the fish continues to actively hunt for its preferred prey item Calanus spp. during the polar night.

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The research was conducted within the framework of the state assignment of the KarRC RAS No. 0218-2019-0076, and the Norwegian Research Council projects Timing of ecological processes in Spitsbergen fjords SpitsEco (ES504895), ArcticABC (No 244319), and Arctic ABC Development (Project No. 245923) and Council on grants of the President of the Russian Federation (Grant No. MK-2188.2020.4)

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  1. Institute of Biology of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Russia

    Svetlana N. Pekkoeva, Svetlana A. Murzina, Zinaida A. Nefedova & Nina N. Nemova

  2. Fram Centre, Akvaplan-Niva AS, N-9296, Tromsø, Norway

    Stig Falk-Petersen

  3. Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, Faculty for Bioscience, Fisheries and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway

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  4. The University Centre in Svalbard, N-9171, Longyearbyen, Norway

    Jørgen Berge & Ole J. Lønne

  5. Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

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Pekkoeva, S.N., Murzina, S.A., Nefedova, Z.A. et al. Fatty acid composition of the postlarval daubed shanny (Leptoclinus maculatus) during the polar night. Polar Biol 43, 657–664 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02669-4

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