Effects of cryoprotectants and low temperatures on hatching and abnormal embryo development of Prochilodus lineatus (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae)

ABSTRACT This study evaluated the effect of the cryoprotectants and the low temperatures on the embryonic development of Prochilodus lineatus, describing their main morphological alterations. On chilling sensitivity test, the survival rates at the twenty somites stage (20S) were 53.6% at 0ºC, and 10...

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Main Authors: Raphael S. Costa, Fabrício M. S. de Souza, José A. Senhorini, Rosicleire Veríssimo-Silveira, Alexandre Ninhaus-Silveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2017-08-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252017000300201&lng=en&tlng=en