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Franz Lahnsteiner

Franz Lahnsteiner

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
7769
World Ranking
17326
National Ranking
158

Overview

Franz Lahnsteiner is affiliated with the University of Salzburg in Austria and has contributed significantly to research in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Aquatic Science, Immunology, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Physiology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota
  • Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Reproductive Biology and Impacts on Aquatic Species
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Lahnsteiner's studies have been published in various scientific journals, with frequent contributions to the:

  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Österreichische Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaft
  • Aquaculture Journal
  • Tissue and Cell
  • Journal of Thermal Biology

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Suitability of Different Live Feed for First Feeding of Freshwater Fish Larvae" (2023, Aquaculture Journal)
  • "Erythrocyte Morphometry in Teleost Fish-Species-Specific, Inter-Individual and Environmental-Related Differences" (2020, Acta Zoologica)
  • "Differences in Immune Components of Blood, Spleen and Head Kidney between Diploid and Auto- and Allotriploid Salmonidae" (2020, Tissue and Cell)
  • "Hematological Adaptations in Diploid and Triploid Salvelinus fontinalis and Diploid Oncorhynchus mykiss (Salmonidae, Teleostei) in Response to Long-Term Exposure to Elevated Temperature" (2022, Journal of Thermal Biology)
  • "Morphometric and Enzymatic Changes in Gills of Rainbow Trout after Exposure to Elevated Temperature-Indications for Gill Remodeling" (2024, Animals)

Their research often explores physiological and environmental adaptations in fish, including responses to temperature changes and immune system variations among different chromosomal compositions.

Lahnsteiner has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Elias Lahnsteiner
  • Anna Duenser
  • Anna Dünser
  • Manfred Kletzl

Best Publications

  • Determination of semen quality of the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, by sperm motility, seminal plasma parameters, and spermatozoal metabolism

    Franz Lahnsteiner;B. Berger;T. Weismann;Robert Patzner

  • Motility of spermatozoa ofAlburnus alburnus (Cyprinidae) and its relationship to seminal plasma composition and sperm metabolism.

    F Lahnsteiner;B Berger;T Weismann;R A Patzner

  • Effect of bisphenol A on maturation and quality of semen and eggs in the brown trout, Salmo trutta f. fario

    Franz Lahnsteiner;Beate Berger;Manfred Kletzl;Thomas Weismann

  • Semen cryopreservation in the Salmonidae and in the northern pike.

    F. Lahnsteiner

  • Morphological, physiological and biochemical parameters characterizing the over-ripening of rainbow trout eggs

    F. Lahnsteiner

  • Cryopreservation of spermatozoa in cyprinid fishes

    F. Lahnsteiner;B. Berger;Ákos Horváth;Béla Urbányi

  • Sperm metabolism of the telost fishes Chalcalburnus chalcoides and Oncorhynchus mykiss and its relation to motility and viability.

    Franz Lahnsteiner;Beate Berger;Thomas Weismann

  • Fine structure and motility of spermatozoa and composition of the seminal plasma in the perch

    F. Lahnsteiner;B. Berger;T. Weismann;R. Patzner

  • Energy resources of spermatozoa of the rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Pisces, Teleostei).

    F. Lahnsteiner;RA Patzner;T. Weismann

  • Methanol as cryoprotectant and the suitability of 1.2 ml and 5 ml straws for cryopreservation of semen from salmonid fishes

    F Lahnsteiner;T Weismann;R A Patzner

  • Physiological and biochemical parameters for egg quality determination in lake trout, Salmo trutta lacustris

    Franz Lahnsteiner;T. Weismann;Robert Patzner

  • Antioxidant systems of brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario) semen.

    Franz Lahnsteiner;Nabil Mansour;Kristjan Plaetzer

  • Composition of the ovarian fluid in 4 salmonid species: Oncorhynchus mykiss, Salmo trutta f lacustris, Salvelinus alpinus and Hucho hucho

    F. Lahnsteiner;T. Weismann;RA Patzner

  • Changes in Morphology, Physiology, Metabolism, and Fertilization Capacity of Rainbow Trout Semen following Cryopreservation

    F. Lahnsteiner;B. Berger;T. Weismann;R. Patzner

  • A comparative study on antioxidant systems in semen of species of the Percidae, Salmonidae, Cyprinidae, and Lotidae for improving semen storage techniques

    Franz Lahnsteiner;Nabil Mansour

  • Fine structural changes in spermatozoa of the grayling, Thymallus thymallus (Pisces : Teleostei), during routine cryopreservation

    F. Lahnsteiner;T. Weismann;R.A. Patzner

  • Seminal plasma proteins prolong the viability of rainbow trout (Oncorynchus mykiss) spermatozoa.

    Franz Lahnsteiner;Nabil Mansour;Beate Berger

  • The influence of various cryoprotectants on semen quality of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) before and after cryopreservation

    F. Lahnsteiner;B. Berger;T. Weismann;R. Patzner

  • Bio-markers for egg quality determination in cyprinid fish

    F. Lahnsteiner;Béla Urbányi;Ákos Horváth;T. Weismann

  • Functions of the testicular gland in two blenniid fishes, Salaria (=Blennius) pavo and Lipophrys (= Blennius) dalmatinus (Blenniidae, Teleostei) as revealed by electron microscopy and enzyme histochemistry

    F. Lahnsteiner;U. Richtarski;R. A. Patzner

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary A. McNiven
Mary A. McNiven University of Prince Edward Island
Herbert Lindner
Herbert Lindner Innsbruck Medical University

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