Thermal reaction norms in sperm performance of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 498-510

  Purchase, Craig F ^a   Butts, Ian A E ^b,c   Alonso Fernández, Alexandre ^d   Trippel, Edward A ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GADOID; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REACTION NORM; SPERM; SWIMMING;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 77649128140     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-001     Document Type: Article

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