Relationship between semen characteristics and body size in Barbus barbus L. (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) and effects of ions and osmolality on sperm motility

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 430-437

  Alavi, S M Hadi ^a   Rodina, Marek ^a   Policar, Tomáš ^a   Linhart, Otomar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Flagellum; Motility; Sperm trajectory; Sperm volume; Spermatozoa concentration; Total number of spermatozoa; Velocity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ION; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BARBUS BARBUS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CYPRINIFORMES; FLAGELLUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

BARBUS BARBUS; CYPRINIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 65649152437     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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