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Lipid Composition and Oxidation Processes in the Blood and Internal Organs of the Antarctic Toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni Norman, 1937 (Nototheniidae)

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The contents of total lipids and lipid fractions, the intensity of oxidative processes, and the antioxidant defense level in the blood, kidney, spleen, and liver of the Antarctic toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni (Actinopterygii: Nototheniidae) that inhabit stably cold Antarctic waters were studied depending on gender and age. This study revealed no significant differences between males and females. Significant variations in some parameters between the age groups of toothfish were found in the blood and liver. However, the differences in most of the studied parameters were insignificant, which is probably due to the capture of fish during their feeding period. The high content of total lipids, the content of stored triacylglycerols, and the antioxidant defense level in the blood and organs of D. mawsoni reflect the physiological features that make it possible for the species to live in Antarctic conditions.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to the crews of the ships Yantar-31 and Yantar-35 (Orion, LLC, Khabarovsk) for their help in collecting and transporting research material. The authors are thankful to N.I. Silkina (Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences of the RAS) for help with sample processing.

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This research was performed under a state assignment (project no. АААА-А18-118012690123-4).

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  1. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, 152742, Borok, Russia

    D. V. Mikryakov & V. R. Mikryakov

  2. Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, 107140, Moscow, Russia

    I. I. Gordeev

  3. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    I. I. Gordeev

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Mikryakov, D.V., Gordeev, I.I. & Mikryakov, V.R. Lipid Composition and Oxidation Processes in the Blood and Internal Organs of the Antarctic Toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni Norman, 1937 (Nototheniidae). Russ J Mar Biol 47, 169–175 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074021030093

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