Effect of Osmotic Pressure on the Activation and Storage of Channel Catfish Sperm

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 798-802

  Bates, Mark C ^a   Wayman, William R ^a   Tiersch, Terrence R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS;

EID: 0030444903     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0798:EOOPOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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