Optimizing the concentration of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) for inducing larval metamorphosis in the red abalone Haliotis rufescens (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 463-470

  Searcy Bernal, Ricardo ^a   Anguiano Beltrán, Casandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUCED RESPONSE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METAMORPHOSIS; SHELLFISH CULTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GASTROPODA; HALIOTIS CORRUGATA; HALIOTIS RUFESCENS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0032459626     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1998.tb00670.x     Document Type: Article

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