Contents of Volume 17, Number 3

Peter A. Cook, Gary E. Davis, Peter L. Haaker, and David L. Leighton
Preface, p. 591

AQUACULTURE

Susan C. McBride
Current status of abalone aquaculture in the Californias, pp. 593-600

Peter Cook
The current status of abalone farming in South America, pp. 601-602

Cecilia Godoy and Gabriel Jerez
The introduction of abalone in Chile: Ten years later, pp. 603-605

Christopher B. Clarke and Robert G. Creese
On-growing cultured abalone (Haliotis iris) in northern New Zealand, pp. 607-613

Tomohiko Kawamura, Rodney D. Roberts, and Hideki Takami
A review of the feeding and growth of postlarval abalone, pp. 615-625

Daniel R. Martinez-Ponce and Ricardo Searcy-Bernal
Grazing rates of red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) postlarvae feeding on the benthic diatom Navicula incerta, pp. 627-630

George A. Trevelyan, Jose Luis Mendoza, and Brad Buckley
Increasing the yield of red abalone with the alga, Microcladia coulteri, pp. 631-633

Brynn J. A. Simpson and Peter A. Cook
Rotation diets: A method of improving growth of cultured abalone using natural algal diets, pp. 635-640

Ann E. Fleming, Robert J. van Barneveld, Patrick W. Hone, Meegan E. Vandepeer, and Jurek A. Kruk
Complementary additivity of the digestibility coefficients of feed ingredients fed to juvenile greenlip abalone (Haliotis laevigata), pp. 641-647

Robert J. van Barneveld, Ann E. Fleming, Meegan E. Vandepeer, Jurek A. Kruk, and Patrick W. Hone
Influence of dietary oil type and oil inclusion level in manufactured feeds on the digestibility of nutrients by juvenile greenlip abalone (Haliotis laevigata), pp. 649-655

Lus M. Lopez, Paul A. Tyler, and Maria Teresa Viana
The effect of temperature and artificial diets on growth rates of juvenile Haliotis tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758), pp. 657-662

D. Corazani and J. E. Illanes
Growth of juvenile abalone, Haliotis discus hannai Ino 1953 and Haliotis rufescens Swainson 1822, fed with different diets, pp. 663-666

Hugo Monje and Maria Teresa Viana
The effect of cellulose on the growth and cellulolytic activity of abalone Haliotis fulgens when used as an ingredient in formulated artificial diets, pp. 667-671

Hiroshi Hoshikawa, Yuuicki Sakai and Akihiko Kijima
Growth characteristics of the hybrid between pinto abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana Jonas, and ezo abalone, H. discus hannai Ino, under high and low temperature, pp. 673-677

Luis Ignacio Vilchis
Image analysis applied to abalone standing crop assessment in an ocean-based abalone farm, pp. 679-682

James O. Harris, Greg B. Maguire, and Judith H. Handlinger
Effects of chronic exposure of greenlip abalone, Haliotis laevigata Donovan, to high ammonia, nitrite, and low dissolved oxygen concentrations on gill and kidney structure, pp. 683-687

M. L. Lizarraga-Partida, C. Anguiano-Beltran, R. Searcy-Bernal, and E. Vazquez-Moreno
Bacterial water quality in abalone farms of Baja California, pp. 689-692

Kevin R. Ruck and Peter A. Cook
Sabellid infestations in the shells of South African molluscs: Implications for abalone mariculture, pp. 693-699

David L. Leighton
Control of sabellid infestation in green and pink abalones Haliotis fulgens and H. corrugata, by exposure to elevated water temperatures, pp. 701-705

Taiwu Li, Mingjin Ding, Jian Zhang, Jianhai Xiang, and Ruiyu Liu
Studies on the pustule disease of abalone (Haliotis discus hannai Ino) on the Dalian coast, pp. 707-711

BIOLOGY

Thomas H. Carefoot, Barbara E. Taylor, and Deborah A. Donovan
Seasonality in digestive-gland size and metabolism in relation to reproduction in Haliotis kamtschatkana, pp. 713-716

Kangsen Mai, Gen He, and Wei Xu
Studies on postprandial changes of digestive status and free amino acids in the viscera of Haliotis discus hannai Ino, pp. 717-722

Hideki Takami Tomohiko Kawamura, and Yoh Yamashita
Development of polysaccharide degradation activity in postlarval abalone Haliotis discus hannai, pp. 723-727

Deborah A. Donovan and Thomas H. Carefoot
Effect of activity on energy allocation in the northern abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana (Jonas), pp. 729-736

E. S. Upatham, A. Thongkukiatkul, M. Kruatrachue, C. Wanichanon, Y. P. Chitramvong, S. Sahavacharin, and P.Sobhon
Classification of neurosecretory cells, neurons, and neuroglia in the cerebral ganglia of Haliotis asinina Linnaeus by light microscopy, pp. 737-742

A. J. Paul and J. M. Paul
Respiration rate and thermal tolerances of pinto abalone Haliotis kamtschatkana, pp. 743-745

Peter L Haaker, David O. Parker, Kristine C. Barsky, and Calvin S. Y. Chun
Growth of red abalone, Haliotis rufescens (Swainson), at Johnsons Lee, Santa Rosa Island, California, pp. 747-753

Yaowaluk P. Chitramvong, E. Suchart Upatham, Maleeya Kruatrachue, Prasert Sobhon, and Vichai Limthong
Scanning electron microscope study of radulae in Haliotis asinina Linnaeus, 1758 and Haliotis ovina Gmelin, 1791 (Gastropoda: Haliotidae), pp. 755-759

Padermsak Jarayabhand, Rungtawan Yom-La, and Aporn Popongviwat
Karyotypes of marine molluscs in the family Haliotidae found in Thailand, pp. 761-764

S. Sawatpeera, E. S. Upatham, M. Kruatrachue, V. Ingsrisawang, T. Singhagraiwan, Y. P. Chitramvong, and K. Parkpoomkamol
Determination of gut contents of Thai abalone Haliotis asinina Linnaeus, pp. 765-769

E. S. Upatham, S. Sawatpeera, M. Kruatrachue, Y. P. Chitramvong, T. Singhagraiwan, T. Pumthong, and P. Jarayabhand
Food utilization by Haliotis asinina Linnaeus, pp. 771-776

E. Serviere-Zaragoza, D. Gomez-Lopez and G. Ponce-Diaz
The natural diet of the green abalone (Haliotis fulgens Philippi) in the southern part of its range, Baja California Sur, Mexico, assessed by an analysis of gut contents, pp. 777-782

Guofan Zhang, Zichen Wang, Yaqing Chang, Jian Song, Jun Ding, Yongping Wang, and Renbo Wang
Triploid induction in pacific abalone Haliotis discus hannai Ino by 6-dimethylaminopurine and the performance of triploid juveniles, pp. 783-788

Ling Wang and Peter J. Hanna
Isolation, cloning, and expression of a DNA sequence encoding an egg-laying hormone of the blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra Leach), pp. 789-793

B. Huang and P. J. Hanna
Identification of three polymorphic microsatellite loci in blacklip abalone, Haliotis rubra (Leach), and detection in other abalone species, pp. 795-799

V. L. Kirby, R. Villa and D. A. Powers
Identification of microsatellites in the California red abalone, Haliotis rufescens, pp. 801-804

Roseanne M. Grindley, Jonathan A. Keogh, and Carolyn S. Friedman
Shell lesions in New Zealand Haliotis spp. (Mollusca, Gastropoda), pp. 805-811

S. A. Shepherd
Studies on southern Australian abalone (genus Haliotus) XIX: Long-term juvenile mortality dynamics, pp. 813-825

V. S. Troynikov and H. K. Gorfine
Alternative approach for establishing legal minimum lengths for abalone based on stochastic growth models for length increment data, pp. 827-831

Vladimir S. Troynikov, Robert W. Day, and Anne M. Leorke
Estimation of seasonal growth parameters using a stochastic gompertz model for tagging data, pp. 833-838

S. A. Shepherd, J. R. Turrubiates-Morales, and Karina Hall
Decline of the abalone fishery at La Natividad, Mexico: Overfishing or climate change?, pp. 839-846

Mario R. Ramade-Villanueva, Daniel B. Lluch-Cota, Salvador E. Lluch-Cota, Sergio Hernandez-Vazquez, Antonio Espinoza-Montes, and Armando Vega-Velazquez
An evaluation of the annual quota mechanism as a management tool in the Mexican abalone fishery, pp. 847-851

G. Ponce-Diaz, A. Vega-Velazquez, M. Ramade-Villanueva, G. Leon-Carballo, and R. Franco-Santiago
Socioeconomic characteristics of the abalone fishery along the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, pp. 853-857

Rocky Daniels and Rand Floren
Poaching pressures on northern California's abalone fishery, pp. 859-862

Konstantin A. Karpov, Peter L. Haaker, Douglas Albin, Ian K. Taniguchi, and David Kushner
The red abalone, Haliotis rufescens, in California: Importance of depth refuge to abalone management, pp. 863-870

Gary E. Davis, Peter L. Haaker, and Daniel V. Richards
The perilous condition of white abalone Haliotis sorenseni Bartsch, 1940, pp. 871-875

Laura Rogers-Bennett and John S. Pearse
Experimental seeding of hatchery-reared juvenile red abalone in northern California, pp. 877-880

Cameron D. Dixon, Harry K. Gorfine, Rickard A. Officer, and Miriana Sporcic
Dispersal of tagged blacklip abalone, Haliotis rubra: Implications for stock assessment, pp. 881-887

Neville A. Sweijd, Rauri C. K. Bowie, Andreas L. Lopata, Anthony M. Marinaki, Eric H. Harley, and Peter A. Cook
A PCR technique for forensic, species-level identification of abalone tissue, pp. 889-895

Neville Sweijd, Quiryn Snethlage, Dan Harvey, and Peter Cook
Experimental abalone (Haliotis midae) seeding in South Africa, pp. 897-904