The Effect of Stocking Density on Growth Rate and Maturation Time in Laboratory-Reared California Sea Hares

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 18-23

  Capo, Thomas R ^a   Fieber, Lynne A ^a   Stommes, Dustin L ^a   Walsh, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CROWDING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BODY WEIGHT; CROWDING; HOUSING, ANIMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWATER; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0036832144     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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