Cryopreservation of sperm of the endangered razorback sucker

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-104

  Tiersch, Terrence R ^a   Figiel, Chester R ^a   Wayman, William R ^a,d   Williamson, J Holt ^b   Carmichael, Gary J ^b   Gorman, Owen T ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Southwestern Fish Technology Center   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d Fish Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XYRAUCHEN TEXANUS;

EID: 0031944931     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1998)127<0095:COSOTE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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