FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Motility characteristics of spermatozoa in cod (Gadus morhua) and hake (Merluccius merluccius) BT AF COSSON, Jacky GROISON, Anne-Laure SUQUET, Marc FAUVEL, Christian AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4; FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-DOP-DCB-PFOM-ARN;4:PDG-DOP-DCM-BOME-LALR; C1 CNRS, UMR 7009, Marine Stn, F-06230 Villefranche Sur Mer, France. Univ Bergen, Dept Biol, N-5020 Bergen, Norway. IFREMER, ARN, F-29840 Argenton, France. Fremer, LALR, F-34250 Palavas Les Flots, France. C2 CNRS, FRANCE UNIV BERGEN, NORWAY IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI ARGENTON PALAVAS SE PDG-DOP-DCB-PFOM-ARN PDG-DOP-DCM-BOME-LALR IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-europe IF 0.403 TC 12 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-6552.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Osmotic pressure;Sperm motility;Spermatozoa;Hake;Cod AB As in many marine fish, motility is triggered by osmotic pressure (OP) in cod and hake spermatozoa and motility ranges several minutes with a high velocity (above 50 mu m/s) period restricted to 100 s. A decrease in the flagellar beat frequency (BF) is partly responsible of this briefness. Detailed observations of the flagella during the motility period showed: 1) sea water provokes OP damages (blebs) which impair the correct wave propagation 2) waves become restricted to the proximal flagellum and tip becomes devoid of wave 3) the wave amplitude decreases. The combination of these factors drastically limits to the earliest period of motility the ability for spermatozoa to efficiently progress towards egg for fertilization. PY 2008 PD JUN SO Cybium, Revue Internationale d'Ichtyologie SN 0399-0974 PU Société Française d'Ichtyologie VL 32 IS 2 UT 000267276400075 BP 176 EP 177 ID 6552 ER EF