Relationship between sperm density, spermatocrit, sperm motility and spawning date in wild and cultured haddock

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 319-332

  Rideout, R M ^a,b,c   Trippel, E A ^b   Litvak, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Haddock; Motility; Sperm density; Sperm quality; Spermatocrit

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH CULTURE; GADOID; SPAWNING; SPERM; WILD POPULATION;

MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS;

EID: 4143105710     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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