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An apparatus to supply water of fluctuating salinity and its use in a study of the salinity tolerances of larvae of the scallop Pecten maximus L.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. Davenport ,
D. Gruffydd  and
A. R. Beaumont
J. Davenport
Affiliation:
N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd, U.K.
D. Gruffydd
Affiliation:
N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd, U.K.
A. R. Beaumont
Affiliation:
N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd, U.K.
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Salinity is a major limiting factor in littoral and estuarine environments and the salinity encountered in such habitats fluctuates with tide, season and weather. Despite this variable situation, most investigations of salinity tolerance and osmoregulation have involved laboratory experiments at steady salinities. The literature devoted to such investigations is extensive, and has been reviewed on several occasions, notably by Krogh (1939), Potts & Parry (1964) and Kinne (1971).

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , May 1975 , pp. 391 - 409
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1975

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