Northern abalone  (Haliotis kamtschatkana)

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Glossary

  • Crustose: a crust-like growth, often used to describe species such as lichen.
  • Gametes: reproductive cells: sperm or eggs.
  • Herbivorous: diet comprises only vegetable matter.
  • Phytoplankton: Microscopic floating plants, mainly algae, that live suspended in bodies of water and that drift about because they cannot move by themselves or because they are too small or too weak to swim effectively against a current.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (January, 2007)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. OceanLink (February, 2007)
    http://oceanlink.island.net/oinfo/Abalone/abalone.html
  3. Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) (February, 2007)
    http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/species/species_northernAbalone_e.asp
  4. Race Rocks Ecological Reserve/Marine Protected Area (February, 2007)
    http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/eco/taxalab/sallav.htm
  5. Pacific Biodiversity Institute (February, 2007)
    http://www.pacificbio.org/ESIN/OtherInvertebrates/NorthernAbalone/NorthernAbalone_pg.html
  6. National Recovery Strategy for the Northern Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) in Canada (July 2004) (February, 2007)
    http://www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/pages/consultations/fisheriesmgmt/abalone/documents/04Abalone_RS.pdf
  7. Jamieson, G.S. (1999) Review of Status of Northern, or Pinto, Abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana, in Canada.Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa.
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