Carbon dioxide and pH affect sperm motility of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2885-2890

  Ingermann, R L ^a   Holcomb, M ^a   Robinson, M L ^a   Cloud, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser transmontanus; Buffering capacity; Carbon dioxide; Motility; pH; Semen; Sperm; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FISH; MALE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FISHES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PRESSURE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036750520     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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