Seasonal variations in seminal plasma and sperm characteristics of wild-caught and cultivated Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 873-885

  Butts, I A E ^a,b   Litvak, M K ^b   Trippel, E A ^a  

^a ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Morphology; Motility; Seminal plasma; Sperm physiology

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OSMOLARITY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; GADUS MORHUA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SEASONS; SEMEN; SODIUM; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 77949277851     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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