ANTARCTIC NOTOTHENIOID FISHES DO NOT DISPLAY METABOLIC COLD ADAPTATION IN HEPATIC

• Main Authors: Leonardo J. Magnoni, J. Magnoni
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; Krebs; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.573.8197; http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/MagnoniLJ2002.pdf

Antarctic notothenioid fishes present specializations related to their chronically cold environment, such as high lipid content in tissues (predominantly triacylglycerols, TAG). When TAGs are mobilized, they yield fatty acids and glycerol. Fatty acids are the primary fuel of oxidative muscle tissues...