1st Edition
Handbook of Culture of Abalone and Other Marine Gastropods
Edited By Kirk O. Hahn
Copyright 1988
362 Pages
by
CRC Press
Published in 1989: The CRC Handbook of Culture of Abalone and Other Marine Gastropods provides basic techniques and detailed information on the biology of abalone, tropical top shell, queen conch, and other gastropods. It supplies information and data on the culture, reproduction, nutrition, and economics of gastropods currently being raised.
BIOLOGY OF ABALONE
Survey of the Commercially Important Abalone Species in the World
Gonad Reproductive Cycles
Artificial Induction of Conditioning (Gonad Maturation)
Artificial Induction of Spawning and Fertilization
Larval Development of Abalone
Induction of Settlement in Competent Abalone Larvae
Biotic and Abiotic Factors Affecting the Culture of Abalone
Nutrition and Growth of Abalone
Abalone Seeding
Index
CULTURAL TECHNIQUES
Abalone Aquaculture in Japan
Japanese Abalone Culture Techniques of the Oyster Research Institute
Abalone Aquaculture in California
Abalone in an Urban Environment
Abalone Cultivation Methods Used at the California Department of Fish and Game's Marine Resources Laboratory
Abalone Farming in Korea
Farming the Small Abalone, Haliotis diversicolor supertexta, in Taiwan
Culture of Haliotis tuberculata at the Argenton Experimental Station, France
Abalone Aquaculture in New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland
Culture of the Tropical Top Shell, Trochus niloticus
Culture of Queen Conch, Strombus gigas, in the Caribbean
Index
Survey of the Commercially Important Abalone Species in the World
Gonad Reproductive Cycles
Artificial Induction of Conditioning (Gonad Maturation)
Artificial Induction of Spawning and Fertilization
Larval Development of Abalone
Induction of Settlement in Competent Abalone Larvae
Biotic and Abiotic Factors Affecting the Culture of Abalone
Nutrition and Growth of Abalone
Abalone Seeding
Index
CULTURAL TECHNIQUES
Abalone Aquaculture in Japan
Japanese Abalone Culture Techniques of the Oyster Research Institute
Abalone Aquaculture in California
Abalone in an Urban Environment
Abalone Cultivation Methods Used at the California Department of Fish and Game's Marine Resources Laboratory
Abalone Farming in Korea
Farming the Small Abalone, Haliotis diversicolor supertexta, in Taiwan
Culture of Haliotis tuberculata at the Argenton Experimental Station, France
Abalone Aquaculture in New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland
Culture of the Tropical Top Shell, Trochus niloticus
Culture of Queen Conch, Strombus gigas, in the Caribbean
Index
Biography
Kirk O. Hahn Ph.D., is visiting Lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley and a teaching assistant at the Bodega Marine Laboratory.
