The effect of four anaesthetics on Haliotis midae and their suitability for application in commercial abalone culture

Aquaculture

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 145-151

  White, Hermien I ^a   Hecht, Thomas ^a   Potgieter, Benjamin ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abalone; Anaesthetics; Culture

Indexed keywords

HALIOTIS CORRUGATA; HALIOTIS MIDAE;

EID: 0001455426     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0044-8486(95)01185-4     Document Type: Article

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