Ebook: Biochemical markers of commercial fish adaptation in estuaries of Peter the Great Bay (the Sea of Japan)

Journal of Ichthyology, 2014, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 85–94.The results of the comparative study of molecular biomarkers of oxidative stress and biotransfor mation of some representatives of the families Cyprinidae and Mugilidae from estuaries of rivers which enter Peter the Great Bay are presented. The haarder mullet Liza haematocheilais used as an indicator species for monitoring the degree of environmental pollution. The basic values of biochemical parameters in different organs of haarder mullet and their seasonal variationshave been determined. A significant increase in the concentration of glutathione and activity of glutathione S transferase in fish from the Razdolnaya River has been found on the basis of the comparison of the functional state of haarder mullet in estuaries of the Razdol naya and Amba rivers, which differ in the degree of anthropogenic load.