Sperm competition between alternative reproductive tactics of the Atlantic salmon in vitro

Aquaculture

Volumn 302, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 265-269

  Vladić, Tomislav ^a   Forsberg, Lars A ^b   Järvi, Torbjörn ^a,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b School of Life Sciences Södertörn University   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive tactics; Atlantic salmon; Fair raffle; Sperm competition; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; BROOD STOCK; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; HATCHERY; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SALMONID; SPERM COMPETITION;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 77950594907     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.02.024     Document Type: Article

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