Seasonal changes in sperm production and quality in the red porgy Pagrus pagrus (L.)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1161-1170

  Mylonas, Constantinos C ^a   Papadaki, Maria ^a,b   Divanach, Pascal ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Pagrus; Red porgy; Sperm quality; Spermation

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; SPAWNING; SPERM;

PAGRUS; PAGRUS PAGRUS; PISCES;

EID: 0242286610     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2003.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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