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Phone:  662-325-7400
Email:  ldabramo@grad.msstate.edu

address:

Allen Hall, Rm 116
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Box 9690
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9690

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Education:

• Yale University Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1979
• Yale University M.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1975
  
• Assumption College B.A., Natural Sciences and Mathematics, summa cum laude, 1971

Research Interests:

• Development of management strategies to optimize production of fish, crustacean, and mollusc species for commercial aquaculture
  
• Nutritional physiology of larval and juvenile crustaceans, fish, and molluscs and development of formulated diets
  
• Hormonal control of sex differentiation in crustaceans
  

Teaching Areas:

• Fish Physiology
  
• Fish and Shellfish Nutrition
  
• Crustacean and Molluscan Aquaculture
  

Honors / Professional Activities:

• Grisham Master Teacher
• Grisham Faculty Excellence Recipient
• Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award
• W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor

2009
Seccardi III, A.J., H.W. Garris, W.T. Jones, D.B. Moseley, L.R. D’Abramo, S.A. Watts. 2009. Growth and survival of zebrafish (Danio rerio) fed different commercial and laboratory diets. Zebrafish 6(3):275-280. Download

2008
Barrero, M., B.C. Small, L.R. D’Abramo, G.C. Walbieser, L.A. Hanson, A.M. Kelly. 2008. Effect of carp pituitary extract and luteinizing hormone releasing analog hormone on reproductive indices and spawning of 3-year-old catfish. North American Journal of Aquaculture 70(2):138-146. Download

2008
D’Abramo, L.R., T.R. Hanson, J.A. Steeby. 2008. Production and associated economics of channel catfish fed different practical diets in the fingerling–stocker phase of culture. North American Journal of Aquaculture 70(2):154-161. Download

2008
Rosas, A., R. Vázquez-Duhalt, R. Tinoco, A. Shimada, L.R. D’Abramo, M.T. Viana. 2008. Comparative intestinal absorption of amino acids in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi), and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis). Aquaculture Nutrition 14(6):481-489. Download

2007
Barrero, M., B. Small, L. R. D’Abramo, L. Hanson, and A. M. Kelly. 2007. Comparison of estradiol, testosterone, vitellogenin and cathepsin profiles among two-year-old channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) females from four selectively bred strains. Aquaculture 264:390-397