Chemical composition and osmolality of seminal fluid of Acipenser persicus; their physiological relationship with sperm motility

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1238-1243

  Alavi, Sayyed Mohammad Hadi ^a   Cosson, Jacky ^b   Karami, Mahmoud ^a   Abdolhay, Hossein ^c   Amiri, Bagher Mojazi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Biologie du Developpement   (France)

^c Iranian Fisheries Organization   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acipenser persicus; Ionic parameters; Osmolality; Seminal fluid; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; SPERM;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER PERSICUS; ACIPENSERIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 6944249046     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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