Characterization of the digestive tract of greenlip abalone, Haliotis laevigata Donovan. I. Morphology and histology

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 979-988

  Harris, James O ^a   Burke, Christopher M ^a   Maguire, Greg B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abalone; Digestive tract; Haliotis laevigata; Histology; Starvation

Indexed keywords

HALIOTIS LAEVIGATA;

EID: 0032408252     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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