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Douglas R. Tocher

Douglas R. Tocher

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Biology and Biochemistry
China
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
113
Citations
47168
World Ranking
852
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award

Overview

Douglas R. Tocher is affiliated with Shantou University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans various subfields including Aquatic Science, Immunology, Ecology, Physiology, and Biochemistry.

The scientist has published a significant number of papers primarily focusing on Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, Crustacean biology and ecology, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms.

Frequent publication venues for Douglas R. Tocher include:

  • Aquaculture
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Food Chemistry
  • Aquaculture Reports
  • Aquaculture Nutrition

Common co-authors in the scientist's work are:

  • Min Jin
  • Qicun Zhou
  • Mónica B. Betancor
  • Shuqi Wang
  • Lefei Jiao

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Douglas R. Tocher include:

  • "Regulation of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in teleost fish", 2021, Progress in Lipid Research
  • "Desaturases and elongases involved in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in aquatic animals: From genes to functions", 2022, Progress in Lipid Research
  • "Dietary DHA/EPA ratio affects growth, tissue fatty acid profiles and expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism in mud crab Scylla paramamosain supplied with appropriate n-3 LC-PUFA at two lipid levels", 2020, Aquaculture
  • "Agriculture can help aquaculture become greener", 2020, Nature Food
  • "Physiological responses and adaptive strategies to acute low-salinity environmental stress of the euryhaline marine fish black seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegelii)", 2022, Aquaculture

Best Publications

  • Metabolism and Functions of Lipids and Fatty Acids in Teleost Fish

    Douglas R. Tocher

  • The lipid composition and biochemistry of freshwater fish.

    R J Henderson;D R Tocher

  • Recent developments in the essential fatty acid nutrition of fish

    John R Sargent;J Gordon Bell;Lesley McEvoy;Douglas R Tocher

  • Fatty acid requirements in ontogeny of marine and freshwater fish

    Douglas R. Tocher

  • Lipid nutrition of marine fish during early development : current status and future directions

    John R Sargent;Lesley McEvoy;Alicia Estevez;J Gordon Bell

  • Replacement of Fish Oil with Rapeseed Oil in Diets of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Affects Tissue Lipid Compositions and Hepatocyte Fatty Acid Metabolism

    J. Gordon Bell;John McEvoy;Douglas R. Tocher;Fiona McGhee

  • Omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and aquaculture in perspective

    Douglas R. Tocher

  • Requirement criteria for essential fatty acids

    J. R. Sargent;J. G. Bell;M. V. Bell;R. J. Henderson

  • Substituting Fish Oil with Crude Palm Oil in the Diet of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Affects Muscle Fatty Acid Composition and Hepatic Fatty Acid Metabolism

    J Gordon Bell;R James Henderson;Douglas R Tocher;Fiona McGhee

  • The role of phospholipids in nutrition and metabolism of teleost fish

    Douglas R Tocher;Eldar Asgard Bendiksen;Patrick Campbell;J Gordon Bell

  • Fatty acid compositions of the major phosphoglycerides from fish neural tissues; (n−3) and (n−6) polyunsaturated fatty acids in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) and cod (Gadus morhua) brains and retinas

    Douglas R. Tocher;Douglas G. Harvie

  • Altered Fatty Acid Compositions in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Fed Diets Containing Linseed and Rapeseed Oils Can Be Partially Restored by a Subsequent Fish Oil Finishing Diet

    J. Gordon Bell;Douglas R. Tocher;R. James Henderson;James R. Dick

  • A vertebrate fatty acid desaturase with Δ5 and Δ6 activities

    Nicola Hastings;Morris Agaba;Douglas R. Tocher;Michael J. Leaver

  • Omega-3 Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, EPA and DHA: Bridging the Gap between Supply and Demand.

    Douglas R. Tocher;Mónica B. Betancor;Matthew Sprague;Rolf Erik Olsen

  • Fish oil replacement and alternative lipid sources in aquaculture feeds

    Giovanni M. Turchini;Wing-Keong Ng;Douglas Redford Tocher

  • Impact of sustainable feeds on omega-3 long-chain fatty acid levels in farmed Atlantic salmon, 2006-2015.

    Matthew Sprague;James R Dick;Douglas R Tocher

  • Tailoring of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) flesh lipid composition and sensory quality by replacing fish oil with a vegetable oil blend.

    Bente E Torstensen;J Gordon Bell;Grethe Rosenlund;R James Henderson

  • Analyses of lipids and fatty acids in ripe roes of some Northwest European marine fish.

    Douglas R. Tocher;John R. Sargent

  • Replacement of dietary fish oil with increasing levels of linseed oil: Modification of flesh fatty acid compositions in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) using a fish oil finishing diet

    J. Gordon Bell;R. James Henderson;Douglas R. Tocher;John R. Sargent

  • Recent advances in the biochemistry and molecular biology of fatty acyl desaturases.

    D.R. Tocher;M.J. Leaver;P.A. Hodgson

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Sargent
John R. Sargent University of Stirling
James R. Dick
James R. Dick University of Stirling
J. Gordon Bell
J. Gordon Bell University of Stirling
Juan Carlos Navarro
Juan Carlos Navarro Spanish National Research Council
Gabriel Mourente
Gabriel Mourente University of Cádiz
Giovanni M. Turchini
Giovanni M. Turchini Deakin University
Rolf Erik Olsen
Rolf Erik Olsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Johnathan A. Napier
Johnathan A. Napier Rothamsted Research
John B. Taggart
John B. Taggart University of Stirling
Olga Sayanova
Olga Sayanova Rothamsted Research

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