Motility, ATP levels and metabolic enzyme activity of sperm from bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-17

  Burness, Gary ^a   Moyes, Christopher D ^b   Montgomerie, Robert ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ATP; Energy metabolism; Enzyme; Fish; Life history tactic; Motility; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; CREATINE KINASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 12344275508     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.09.021     Document Type: Article

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