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

This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Polar Biology. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02669-4. Recent discoveries of high levels of biological activity in the Arctic marine ecosystems during the polar nig...

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Published in:Polar Biology
Main Authors: Pekkoeva, Svetlana N., Murzina, Svetlana A., Nefedova, Zinaida A., Falk-Pedersen, Stig, Berge, Jørgen, Lønne, Ole Jørgen, Nemova, Nina N.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer 2020
Subjects:
VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480
VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480
Arctic
Daubed shanny
Leptoclinus maculatus
Polar Biology
polar night
Zooplankton
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20938
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02669-4
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Summary:This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Polar Biology. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02669-4. 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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