The effect of inorganic and organic pollutants on sperm motility of some freshwater teleosts

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1283-1297

  Lahnsteiner, F ^a   Mansour, N ^a   Berger, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b Inst F Biol Landwirtsch B   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clarias gariepinus; Leuciscus cephalus; Lota lota; Pollutants; Salmo trutta fario; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; HEAVY METAL; MOTILITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPERM; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TELEOST;

CATFISH; CLARIAS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CLARIIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; GADIDAE; LEUCISCUS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; LOTA LOTA; SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMO TRUTTA FARIO; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 9244219675     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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