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IMMUNOLOGIC APPROACHES TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF FISH PROTEINS:<br />

TOWARD SPECIES-SPECIFIC “FIELD KITS”<br />

FOR STUDIES IN ECOLOGY AND SEAFOOD TECHNOLOGY<br />

D-R. Schult.z?, P.I. Arnold’, T.R. Capo2, C.B. Paris-Limouzy2, J-E. Serafy2, and W. J. Richards 3<br />

1Department of Medicine<br />

University of Miami School of Medicine<br />

Miami, FL 33 10 1<br />

2University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science<br />

Miami, FL 33 149<br />

and<br />

3Sou<strong>the</strong>ast Fisheries Science Center<br />

<strong>National</strong> Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration<br />

Miami, FL 33 149, U.S.A.<br />

Introduction The use of immunological methods to investigate basic problems in<br />

oceanographic research and marine or freshwater ecology provides sensitive and specific tools with<br />

wide versatility and applicability (I, 11,12). Polyclonal and monoclonal antibody probes can be<br />

labeled with radioisotopes, fhrorochromes, enzymes, metals such as colloidal gold, and by biotinavidin<br />

technology for immtmoassays; <strong>the</strong> probes are detected microscopically, with automatic flow<br />

~fl~metry devices, by electrophoretic methods, scintillation counters, and automated microplate<br />

readers (6). Although formerly used almost exclusively in clinical and basic medical research,<br />

increasing numbers of investigators are adapting <strong>the</strong>se methods for studies in both applied and<br />

<strong>the</strong>oretical marine biology, and also seafood tech010gy.<br />

In this report we have used immunological techniques to investigate predator-prey<br />

relationships with recently released red drum fingerlings (Sciaenops ocellatus, Linnaeus), and to<br />

distinguish early life history specimens of specific species of <strong>the</strong> family Lutjanidae. The<br />

~unological detection methods described here are also applicable for problems associated with<br />

identification of commercial seafood products and safety, and are valuable for preventing deliberate<br />

or unintentional substitution of inferior products for valuable fish species (4).<br />

~mrnunolo~i methods to assess predation of hatchery-reared. juvenile red drum (S. ocellatus).<br />

During <strong>the</strong> last seven years, <strong>the</strong> University of Miami has been part of a cooperative stock<br />

enhancement program with Florida International University (Miami, FL), and <strong>the</strong> Florida<br />

Departmem of Environmental Protection. The purpose of <strong>the</strong> program has been to test <strong>the</strong> feasibility

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