[Adaptive changes in fatty acid compositions of whitefish Coregonus lavaretus L. tissue lipids induced by anthropogenic factors].
Adaptive processes in the body of whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus L.) caused by anthropogenic effects on aquatic systems were studied. It was demonstrated that the content of fatty acid acyls correlated with the water pollution level. The role of a decrease in the content of arachidonic acid in fish reproduction under adverse conditions is discussed. It is underlined that the quantitative alterations in the gonad and liver fatty acid patterns are unidirectional. A compensatory character of the changes discovered is hypothesized.
Toĭvonen
L V
LV
Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, 185610 Russia.
Nefedova
Z A
ZA
Sidorov
V S
VS
Sharova
Iu N
IuN
D000220:Adaptation, Biological; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D012487:Salmonidae / Q000378:metabolism*; D014876:Water Pollution
D005227:Fatty Acids; D016718:Arachidonic Acid