The potential impacts of low and high salinities on salinity tolerance and condition index of the adult pearl oyster Pinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1814)

Abstract Background Salinity is one of the most consequential environmental stressors affecting marine organisms. Knowledge of salinity tolerance is of particular value to aquaculture. However, little is known explicitly about the salinity tolerance of oyster adult stage. The present study was desig...

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Main Author: Ragia Moussa Moussa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-02-01
Series:Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41936-018-0021-y