Bozkurt, YusufSecer, Selcuk2024-09-182024-09-1820061300-15902148-3140https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/11192Ten mature male mirror carp (Cyprinus carpio) were used as semen donors. The semen was collected by massaging the abdomens of the fish and sperm volume, spermatozoa motility, duration of movement, spermatozoa density, total spermatozoa density, colour and pH of sperm was evaluated. During spawning season mean (+/- sd) volume (ml), motility (%), duration of movement (s), density (x10(9)/ml), total spermatozoa density (x10(9)) and pH were evaluated respectively as follows 2.49 +/- 1.34, 76.50 +/- 12.48, 158 +/- 72.75, 13.67 +/- 1.65, 35.61 +/- 22.26, 7.15 +/- 0.33 in April, 23.27 +/- 13.99, 79.00 +/- 11.73, 684.20 +/- 6.96, 17.93 +/- 5.16, 408.86 +/- 258.03, 7.00 +/- 0.23 in May, 1.10 +/- 0.67, 77.50 +/- 17.98, 239.10 +/- 221.55, 11.97 +/- 1.04, 13.06 +/- 8.06, 7.30 +/- 0.42 in June. Sperm volume, motility, duration of movement, density, total spermatozoa density were found at highest level in the middle of spawning season but sperm pH was slightly declined at the same period of the spawning season.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessMirror carpCyprinus carpioSpermSpermatological propertiesSpawning seasonArticle23195198WOS:000440353500004N/A