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Honored Professor of Moscow State University,Doctor of Biological Sciences, head of the Laboratoryof Fish Ontogenesis of the Department of Ichthyologyof the Biological Faculty, a well-known ichthyologist,and researcher of regularities of ontogenesis and forma-tion of morphophysiological adaptations in fish GeorgiiGennadievich Novikov passed away after a severe pro-longed illness on May 26, 2007.

Georgii Gennadievich Novikov was born onDecember 3, 1942 into a family of office workers. In1960, he entered the Biological Faculty, Department ofIchthyology from which he graduated in 1965. As a stu-dent, Novikov showed great interest in scientific workand field studies, he participated in expedition works ofthe department in the White Sea and Kola Peninsulaand on Kamchatka. After graduating from the Biologi-cal Faculty, he entered the postgraduate course of theInstitute of Animal Morphology (now Severtsov Insti-tute of Ecology and Evolution (IPEE), Russian Acad-emy of Sciences) at the Laboratory of Ichthyology. Thescientific supervisor of his dissertation was the corre-sponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences

G.V. Nikolsky who played a big role in the formation ofthe scientific views of Novikov. The successful defenseof his candidate’s dissertation

Variation in ProteinComposition of Blood Serum in Some Species of Salmo-nids in Relation to Their Biological State and SpeciesStatus

took place in 1970. In 1967, Novikov became ascientist of the Department of Ichthyology of MoscowUniversity, with which his entire subsequent life andscientific and pedagogical activities were connected.He worked here for 40 years, having passed the wayfrom a junior scientist to an Honored Professor of Mos-cow University.

In many respects, due to the initiative of Novikov,studies in the ecological biochemistry and physiologyof fish were launched at the Department of Ichthyologyof Moscow University. The successful development ofthese studies was promoted by a year of work on proba-tion at Berlin and Rostock universities where he wassent soon after coming to the department. Kind rela-tions and business ties with German colleagues retainedfor many years and served the basis for multiyear cre-ative collaboration. The launched studies were focusedon elucidating the regularities of metabolic processes atearly stages of ontogenesis of fish, primarily of fishfrom the White Sea. Subsequently, population–geneticstudies were initiated; they were performed by theworkers of the Laboratory of Fish Ontogenesis underthe supervision or with direct participation of Novikov.The intensive, sometimes selfless, work in the labora-tory and in the field made it possible to obtain importantand interesting results that entered numerous publica-tions. In 1992, he defended his doctoral dissertation

Specific Features of Growth and Energetics of FishDevelopment in Early Ontogenesis

.

The investigations of Novikov were oriented at solv-ing the most important modern problems of ichthyol-ogy—elucidating regularities of formation of the mor-phoecological diversity of fish and the elaboration ofthe theory of microevolutionary processes and adapta-tion strategies in fish. First for bony fish of differentecological groups, Novikov gave a comparative charac-teristic of the energetics of development in early onto-genesis. The results of research on the population struc-ture of important commercial fish from the basin of thenorthern Atlantic headed by Novikov have a big practi-cal importance and are successfully used for defendingRussia’s interests during fishery quota distribution.

OBITUARY

Georgii Gennadievich Novikov(1942–2007)

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Novikov substantiated the principles of developing newtechnologies of artificial reproduction and control ofearly ontogenesis of bony fish. An original scheme oforganization of module-type fish-cultural enterpriseswas suggested. These studies were awarded the medals ofthe Exhibition of National Economic Achievement, diplo-mas of international exhibitions (INRYBPROM-1990,Leipzig Innovation Forum-1992, INRYBPROM-2000,and Rybpromekspo-2005).

Novikov successfully combined research and peda-gogical activities. He was an excellent lecturer. From1978 to 2006, he delivered a considerably renewedbasic course of lectures in

General Ichthyology

. Inother years, he delivered lectures in

Aquacuture

and

Fish Physiology

and conducted seminars on the historyof ichthyology. He is one of the organizers and leadersof the sea training practice of ichthyology students inthe White Sea (since 1977) and of exchange practice inthe Baltic Sea in Germany (Rostock University) (since1989).

Novikov has authored more than 250 researchpapers, including five monographs and 15 inventions.He supervised 11 candidate’s dissertations, includingthose of researchers from several foreign countries, anda great number of student course and diploma papers.

Novikov was awarded the titles of

Honored Profes-sor of Moscow State University

,

Honored Worker ofHigh School

, and medal

For Distinguished Labor inCommemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow

;he is a laureate of the Sabinin prize (1992) and the prizeof

Academician Sokolov Scientific Fund

. Novikov per-formed a vast amount of scientific and organizationwork. He was a member of the Scientific Council of theRussian Academy of Sciences on Hydrobiology andIchthyology (1992), member of the bureau of the Inter-departmental Ichthyological Commission (1993),member of the Scientific Council of the Biological Fac-ulty, member of the Moscow Society of Nature Explor-ers, as well as member of specialized councils on dis-sertations at the Biological Faculty of Moscow StateUniversity and the Severtsov Institute of Ecology andEvolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, and memberof editorial office of journals

Voprosy ikhtiologii

(Jour-nal of Ichthyology) and

Biologiya vnutrennikh vod

(Biology of Inland Waters).

From 1994 to 2006, Novikov was the director (on avoluntary basis) of the Belomor Biological Station ofMoscow State University. This period coincided withdifficult years of the modern history of our countrywhen financing, not only of research, but also of univer-sity education was reduced to a minimum. However,despite numerous difficulties, at the cost of incredibleefforts, Novikov managed to maintain the life activityof the biostation and preserve in full volume the fieldpractice of students of the Biological Faculty and ofother faculties of the University. Namely in these years,for practice provision, a new ship

N.A. Pertsov

wasacquired, the fleet of motor vehicles was renewed, a

new laboratory equipment appeared, annual interna-tional conferences were initiated, and the publication ofproceedings of the Belomor Biological Station of Mos-cow State University was resumed.

Novikov spent much time in expeditions and trips.He was attracted by other countries, another nature, andnew objects. In 1975, he participated in the joint Russo-American Expedition at R/V

Akademik Petrovskii

tothe central Atlantic. In 1994, he participated in the Rus-sian–Swedish Expedition

Tundra-Ecology-94

to theArctic Regions at R/V

Akademik Fedorov

. The expedi-tion passed via the Northern Sea Route from Kola Bayto Wrangel Island and back for one navigation, examin-ing the mouths of northern rivers with landing in thetundra on a helicopter. Novikov performed research anddelivered lectures at the Center for Sea Studies ofHavana University (Cuba, 1982–1983), universities ofTakai in cities Shimitsu and Sapporo (Japan,1989–1990), and at universities of cities Xiamen and Qingdao(China).

Since 1989 and almost to the end of his life,Novikov took the most active part in the studies of theRusso-Vietnamese Tropical Center being a scientificcurator of studies performed in Vietnam on

SpecificFeatures of the Structural and Functional Organizationof Coastal Communities of Bay Nha Trang

. Since 1996,he coordinated joint Russian–Norwegian studies in thenortheastern Atlantic (Bergen Institute of Marine Stud-ies).

Novikov was a cheerful, kind, active, generous, andsympathetic person. He was a bright personality thatattracted the people who surrounded him by his humanqualities, intellect, deep erudition, and charm. He wasfond of his work, his colleagues, and pupils. Novikovcourageously endured the disease, remaining the headof the laboratory up to his last days, and planned subse-quent work. The blessed memory of Novikov will bekept by us forever.

D. S. Pavlov (IPEE, Russian Academy of Sciences)A. O. Kasumyan (Moscow State University)A. N. Stroganov (Moscow State University)

V. V. Makhotin (Moscow State University)N. V. Belova (Moscow State University)

N. G. Emel’yanova (Moscow State University)M. I. Shatunovskii

(IPEE, Russian Academy of Sciences)K. A. Savvaitova (Moscow State University)E. A. Kriksunov (Moscow State University)G. V. Devitsina (Moscow State University)

THE LIST OF MAIN SCIENTIFIC WORKS OF GEORGII GENNADIEVICH NOVIKOV

Novikov, G.G., “The Study of Protein Composition of BloodSerum in Salmonids,”

Vopr. Ikhtiol.

, 1969, vol. 9, no. 1,pp. 163–171 (Coauthor Yu.S. Reshetnikov).

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Novikov, G.G., “Module-Type Fish-Cultural Farms,”

Dostizheniya Nauki Tekhniki Agro-Prom. Kompleksa

, 1971,no. 3, pp. 33–35 (Coauthors A.N. Stroganov andP.M. Falkov).Novikov, G.G.,

Kamchatskie blagorodnye lososi

(Kam-chatka True Salmon), Voronezh: VGU, 1973 (CoauthorsK.A. Savvaitova, V.A. Maksimov, M.V. Mina, et al.).Novikov, G.G., “Specific Features of Fraction Compositionof Lipids of Muscles and Blood of Sevan Trout and Trout,”

Vopr. Ikhtiol.

, 1976, vol. 16, no. 15, pp. 946–949 (CoauthorM.I. Shatunovsky).“Dynamics of Protein and Lipid Composition of Blood ofRainbow Trout,

Vopr. Ikhtiol.

, 1978, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 329–341 (Coauthor V.E. Matsuk).Novikov, G.G.,

Kharakter adaptatsii k abioticheskim fakto-ram u ryb v period embrional’nogo razvitiya, Ekologiyarazmnozheniya i razvitiya ryb

(Pattern of Adaptation to Abi-otic Factors in Fish in the Period of Embryoinic Develop-ment. Ecology of Reproduction and Development of Fish),Moscow: Znanie, 1980, pp. 48–66.Novikov, G.G., “The Effects of Development Temperatureon Some Specific Features of Growth and Use of Yolk inEarly Ontogenesis of Bony Fish,” in

Sovremennye problemyekologicheskoi fiziologii i biokhimii

ryb

(Modern Problemsof Ecological Physiology and Biochemistry of Fish), Vilnius:1988, pp. 181–200 (Coauthor N.D. Kuftina).Novikov, G.G., “On Ecological Aspects of Population Orga-nization in Fish,”

Vestn. Mosk. Gos. Univ.

, 1989, Ser. 16.Biol., no. 4, pp. 3–10 (Coauthor A.K. Karpov).Novikov, G.G., “Levels of Adaptation and Species Structurein Fish,”

Vestn. Mosk. Gos. Univ.

, 1990, Ser. 16. Biol., no. 3,pp. 62–68 (Coauthor A.K. Karpov).Novikov, G.G., “Specific Features of Growth of the Weightof the Embryonic Body and Utilization of Reserve Sub-stances of the Yolk in Early Ontogenesis of Atlantic Salmon.Structure of Populations, Ecology, and Cultivation ofSamonids,”

Sb. Nauchn. Tr. Nauchno-Issled. Inst. OzernRechn. Rybn. Khoz.,

1991, issue 307, pp. 116–138 (Coau-thors N.D. Kuftina and I.I. Zaitseva).Novikov, G.G., “Ecological Foundations of Control ofDevelopment and a New Technology of Artificial FishReproduction,”

Rybn. Khoz.

, 1991, no. 3, pp. 33–35 (Coau-thor A.N. Stroganov).Novikov, G.G., “Aquaculture—Modern Stage,”

NaukaRossii

, 1997, no. 4, pp. 62–66 (Coauthor A.N. Stroganov).Novikov, G.G.,

Atlas ikry i lichinok ryb pribrezhnykh vodYuzhnogo V’etnama

(Atlas of Eggs and Larvae of Fish fromCoastal Waters of South Vietnam), Moscow: Lyuks-Art,1998 (Coauthors A.M. Shadrin, D.S. Pavlov, and D.A. Asta-khov).Novikov, G.G., “On the Genetic Variability of Atlantic Cod,”in

Vekovye izmeneniya morskikh ekosistem Arktiki

(SecularChanges in Marine Ecosystems of the Arctic Regions), Mur-mansk, 2000, pp. 105–107 (Coauthors K.I. Afanas’ev andA.N. Stroganov).Novikov, G.G.,

Rost i energetika razvitiya kostistykh ryb vrannem ontogeneze

(Growth and Energetics of Developmentof Bony Fish in Early Ontogenesis), Moscow: EditorialURSS, 2000.Novikov, G.G., “Specific Features of Formation of RespiratoryFunction in Early Ontogenesis of Bony Fish,” in

Ekologicheskie

problemy ontogeneza ryb: fiziko-biokhimicheskie aspekty

(Ecological Problems of Fish Ontogenesis: Physiologobio-chemical Aspects), Moscow: Mosk. Gos. Univ, 2001, pp. 20–30 (Coauthor A.N. Stroganov).

Novikov, G.G., “Phenomenon of Endoparasitism at EarlyStges of Fish Development,”

Dokl. Ross. Akad. Nauk,Obshch. Biol.

, 2002, vol. 385, no. 1, pp. 139–141 (CoauthorsA.M. Shadrin and D.S. Pavlov).

Novikov, G.G.,

Atlas ikry i lichinok ryb pribrezhnykh vodYuzhnogo V’etnama

(Atlas of Eggs and Larvae of Fish fromCoastal Waters of South Vietnam), Moscow: GEOS, 2003(Coauthors A.M. Shadrin, D.S. Pavlov, and D.A. Astakhov).

Novikov, G.G., “Specific Features of Distribution of Groupsof Perch in the Pelagial of the Irminger Sea and on the South-western Slope of Iceland,”

Tr. Petsov Belomorsk. Biostn.Mosk. Gos. Univ.

, 2004, vol. 9, pp. 140–144 (CoauthorsA.N. Stroganov, V.N. Shibanov, and S.P. Mel’nikov).

Novikov, G.G., “Study of Genetic Characteristics of the Red-fish

Sebastes mentella

Travin from the Irminger Sea andAdjacent Waters,”

SGSIMUR ICES

, Bergen, WD, 2004, no. 3(Coauthor A.N. Stroganov).

Novikov, G.G., “On Some Aspects of Using EcologicalMethods of Control of Fish Development,” in

Problemyizucheniya, ratsional’nogo ispol’zovaniya i okhrany resur-sov Belogo morya

(Problems of Study, Rational Use, andPreservation of Resources of the White Sea), Petrozavodsk:Izdat. Dom PIN, 2005, pp. 249–252 (Coauthors D.S. Pavlovand A.N. Stroganov).

Novikov, G.G., “Ecology and Genetic Studies of Local CodGroups (Russian Provisional Report),”

Arctic FisheriesWorking Group WD

, no. 15, Murmansk, 2005, pp. 1–12(Coauthors M.S. Shevelev and A.N. Stroganov).

Novikov, G.G., “Morphobiological Characteristic of KildinCod,”

Tr. Petsov Belomorsk. Biostn. Mosk. Gos. Univ.

, 2006,vol. 10, pp. 110–116 (Coauthors A.N. Stroganov and V.S.Vinogradskii).

Novikov, G.G.,

Osobennosti struktury i funktsionirovaniyapribrezhnykh ekosistem Yuzhno-Kitaiskogo morya (na primereplanktonnykh soobshchestv zal. Nyachang

(Specific Featuresof Structure and Functioning of Coastal Ecosystems of theSouth China Sea (with Reference to Planktonic Communitiesof Bay Nha Trang), Moscow–Hanoi: GEOS, 2006 (Coau-thors D.S. Pavlov and B.A. Levenko).

Novikov, G.G., “On the Ways and Methods of PreservingBiodiversity,”

Tr. Petsov Belomorsk. Biostn. Mosk. Gos.Univ.

, 2006, vol. 10, pp. 124–127 (Coauthors D.S. Pavlovand A.N. Stroganov).

Novikov, G.G., “The Selective Effect of the Duration of thePeriod of Critical Temperatures on Some Allozyme Loci ofAtlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

L. (Salmonidae),”

Genetika

,2006, vol. 42, no. 8, pp. 1–8 (Coauthors A.N. Stroganov,K.I. Afanas’ev, T.V. Malinina, et al.).

Novikov, G.G.,

Fish Reproductive Biology and Its Implica-tions for Assessment and Management. Chapter 2: Repro-ductive Dynamics

, Ed. by T. Jakobsen, M. Fogarty,B.A. Megrey, and E. Moksness, Oxford: BlackwellPubl.(2008, in press) (Coauthors D.A. Pavlov andN.G. Emel’yanova).

Translated by N.N. Smirnov