Standardization of fertilization protocols for the European eel, Anguilla anguilla

Aquaculture

Volumn 426-427, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-13

  Butts, Ian A E ^a   Sørensen, Sune R ^a   Politis, Sebastian N ^a   Pitcher, Trevor E ^b,c   Tomkiewicz, Jonna ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial fertilization; Fertilization success; Gamete longevity; Spectrophotometer; Sperm density; Sperm to egg ratio

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; EEL; EGG; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FISHERY PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84893507181     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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