Salinity tolerances of two Pearl River bivalves
Grant Data
Project Title
Salinity tolerances of two Pearl River bivalves
Principal Investigator
Emeritus Professor Morton, Brian Sydney
(Principal Investigator)
Start Date
1990-07-01
Amount
0
Conference Title
Salinity tolerances of two Pearl River bivalves
Presentation Title
Keywords
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Discipline
N/A
HKU Project Code
N/A
Grant Type
Other Funding Scheme
Funding Year
1990
Status
Completed
Objectives
Two large, edible, bivalves, i.e. Corbicula fluminalis and Cyrenobatissa subsulcata, proliferate in the Pearl River estuary and are marketed locally and in China. This is a study of their salinity tolerances to help explain distribution.