Life history and aging of captive-reared California sea hares (Aplysia californica)

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-47

  Gerdes, Robert ^a   Fieber, Lynne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; FEEDING; GRACILARIA; GROWTH; HATCHERY; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PH; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SALINITY; SEXUAL MATURITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LABORATORY; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; GRACILARIA FEROX;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEEDING METHODS; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; LONGEVITY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 33645878301     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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