Normal embryonic development in the clearnose skate, Raja eglanteria, with experimental observations on artificial insemination

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 239-255

  Luer, Carl A ^a   Walsh, Cathy J ^a   Bodine, Ashby B ^b   Wyffels, Jennifer T ^b  

^a MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline gland; Clasper gland; Class Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranch; Oviparity; Sperm motility; Sperm storage; Sperm viability

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; MORTALITY; OVIPARITY; SPERM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE COD; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BATOIDEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; RAJA EGLANTERIA;

EID: 34948863782     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9219-4     Document Type: Article

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