Successful cryopreservation of sperm from sex-reversed dusky grouper, Epinephelus marginatus

Aquaculture

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 152-157

  Cabrita, E ^a,b   Engrola, S ^b   Conceicao L E C ^b   Pousao Ferreira P ^c   Dinis, M T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agraria e das Pescas   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Epinephelus marginatus; Grouper; Sex reversal; Sperm cryopreservation; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HERMAPHRODITE; MOTILITY; OPTIMIZATION; PERCIFORM; SEX REVERSAL; SPERM; STRAW; TESTOSTERONE; VIABILITY;

EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS MARGINATUS;

EID: 58049208159     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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