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Micro- and Ultramicroelemental Content in Otoliths of Blue Antimora Antimora rostrata and Pacific Flatnose A. microlepis (Moridae, Teleostei)

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The content of 53 micro- and ultramicroelements in otoliths of two deep-sea fish species, blue antimora Antimora rostrata from the Northwest Atlantic (NWA) and Pacific flatnose Antimora microlepis from the Northeast Pacific (NEP), is studied. The otoliths of these species were characterized by the maximum concentration of strontium, nickel, zinc, barium, chromium, copper, lithium, cobalt, and zirconium (in descending order). The content of barium, tungsten, and lithium was higher in otoliths of the former species, while that of yttrium and uranium, in otoliths of the latter. This is probably due to differences in the chemical composition of NWA and NEP waters, as well as to differences in the linear size of fishes and changes in the concentrations of individual elements during ontogeny. The lead, arsenic, zinc, copper, and nickel contents in the otoliths, kidneys, muscles, and liver of fishes from different areas are compared.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to their colleagues Rafael Bañon (Instituto de Investigations Marinas, Vigo, Spain) and Peter Frey (Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, United States) for providing Antimora spp. otoliths, as well as to L.A. Pel’gunova (Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia) for providing valuable advice during preparation of this report.

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  1. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    N. B. Korostelev & A. M. Orlov

  2. Koltsov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    N. B. Korostelev

  3. Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Moscow, Russia

    A. M. Orlov

  4. Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia

    A. M. Orlov

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Korostelev, N.B., Orlov, A.M. Micro- and Ultramicroelemental Content in Otoliths of Blue Antimora Antimora rostrata and Pacific Flatnose A. microlepis (Moridae, Teleostei). Oceanology 60, 798–802 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437020050094

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