Dietary carotenoids do not improve motility or antioxidant capacity in cichlid fish sperm

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1399-1405

  Sullivan, Melissa ^a   Brown, Alexandria C ^a,b,c   Clotfelter, Ethan D ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotene; Convict cichlid; Oxidative stress; Sperm motility; Xanthophyll

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CICHLID; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; GONAD; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VETERINARY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; CICHLIDS; DIET; GONADS; MALE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84906944157     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-014-9934-7     Document Type: Article

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