Blood Osmolytes of Fish Notothenia coriiceps, Chaenocephalus aceratus, Parachaenichthys charcoti caught near the Argentine Islands, Antarctica

Authors

  • Olexandr L. Savytskiy
  • Kostiantyn M. Danylenko
  • Dmytro G. Lutsenko Department of Cryophysiology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/cryo27.04.367

Keywords:

natural cryoprotectants, blood osmolytes, Antarctic fishes, Notothenia coriiceps, Chaenocephalus aceratus, Parachaenichthys charcoti, urea, glucose, potassium

Abstract

 

Probl Cryobiol Cryomed 2017; 27(4): 367-371

Author Biographies

Olexandr L. Savytskiy

Institute of Hydrobiology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Kostiantyn M. Danylenko

National Antarctic Scientific Center of the Ministry of Education and Scince of Ukraine, Kyiv

Dmytro G. Lutsenko, Department of Cryophysiology

Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine of Ukraine, Kharkiv

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2017-12-23

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Savytskiy, O. L., Danylenko, K. M., & Lutsenko, D. G. (2017). Blood Osmolytes of Fish Notothenia coriiceps, Chaenocephalus aceratus, Parachaenichthys charcoti caught near the Argentine Islands, Antarctica. Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, 27(4), 367–371. https://doi.org/10.15407/cryo27.04.367

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