Toxic effect of environmental acid-stress on the sperm of a hill-stream fish devario aequipinnatus: A scanning electron microscopic evaluation

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 76-78

  Dey, Sudip ^a   Kharbuli, S M ^b   Chakraborty, Rahul ^a   Bhattacharyya, S P ^c   Goswami, U C ^d  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b St Anthony's College   (India)

^c GC College   (India)

^d GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acid stress; Danionin; Hill stream fish; SEM; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ECOSYSTEMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER QUALITY;

ACID STRESS; ACIDIC PH; DANIONIN; HILL STREAMS; HILL-STREAM FISH; NATURAL HABITAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; SPERM; STREAM FISH; TOXIC EFFECT;

FISH;

ACIDITY; ACROSOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVARIO AEQUIPINNATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FINGERLING; FISH; GONAD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPERM; TESTIS; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

DANIO AEQUIPINNATUS;

EID: 59949095015     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20640     Document Type: Article

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