What's the difference between capelan and capelin?
Capelan
Definition:
(n.) See Capelin.
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Capelin
Definition:
(n.) A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod.
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(1) A study was made of the biological value of acid and enzymatic hydrolysates from capelin, luminous anchovy and krill.
(2) Mackerel (Scomber scombrus), capelin (Mallotus villosus) and herring (Clupea harengus) body oils gave characteristic triglyceride profiles which were associated with high concentrations of 20:1 and 22:1 fatty acids.
(3) The fish species, herring, capelin and mackerel, all feed on copepods, and many resemblances of the copepod lipid fatty acids to those of a previous analysis of similar copepods suggest that the basic dietary fat input for these fish may be quite constant.
(4) The species analyzed consist of zooplankton (mostly Neomysis americana), larval smelt (Osmerus mordax), juvenile smelt, juvenile tomcod (Microgadus tomcod) and adult smelt, tomcod and capelin (Mallotus villosus).
(5) For zooplankton, tomcod and capelin, significant correlations were found between lipid content and PCB contamination.
(6) L.), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus, L.), both members of the family Gadidae, and capeline (Mallotus villosus, M.) of the family Osmeridae, was analyzed electrophoretically.
(7) It is shown that the shorter chain (C14-C18) minor fatty alcohols in copepods, fish body lipids, and commercial fish oils are all qualitatively present, and quantitatively similar in proportions to acids found in the depot fats of capelin and mackerel, and in some herring.
(8) The biological value of hydrolysate from capelin and krill was lower than that of casein.
(9) Circulatory strain, energy output and urinary catecholamine excretion were determined in 24 coastal, 6 trawler, 5 bank and 3 capelin fishermen.
(10) The catch of monster cod has exploded in the last five years, as the fish have feasted on shoals of capelin thriving in warmer waters.