Metamorphosis Induction of the Dog Conch Strombus canarium (Gastropoda: Strombidae) Using Cues Associated with Conch Nursery Habitat

• Main Authors: Cob, Z. C., Arshad, Aziz, Bujang, Japar Sidik, Muda, W. L. W., Ghaffar, M. A
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Asian Network for Scientific Information 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11489/1/Metamorphosis%20Induction%20of%20the%20Dog%20Conch%20Strombus%20canarium.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11489/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Strombus canarium is a commercially important gastropod that has great potential for advancement into aquaculture. In this study, the metamorphosis response of Strombus canarium larvae to various metamorphosis cues associated with conch nursery habitat and to KCl and GABA, were tested. Bioassays wer...