Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
2014, Vol 14, Num, 1 (Pages: 183-192)
Age- Dependent Changes of Mediterranean Trachurus mediterraneus Male and Female from Coastal Waters of Sevastopol (Black Sea, Ukraine)
Natalya Kuzminova 1 ,Irina Dorokhova 1 ,Irina Rudneva 1
1 Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, National Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Ichthyology Department, Sevastopol, Ukraine
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10.4194/1303-2712-v14_1_20
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Age-and sex-dependent characteristics of Mediterranean horse mackerel Trachurus mediterraneus from Sevastopol
coastal waters (Black Sea, Ukraine) at the period of 2008-2010 were studied. The alanin- and aspartataminotransferase (ALT
and AST) activities in the liver and oligopeptides concentration in blood were measured in male and female at the age of 1-3
years. Significant age-dependent changes were evidenced, while the sex differences were not significant. The results can be
applied for development of monitoring management and for perspectives of conservation ecology and biodiversity.
Keywords :
Horse mackerel, Black Sea, age, sex, size, liver, blood, aminotransferases, oligopeptides