Because the hard clam was first introduced into China as a candidate for aquaculture in 1997, research has been conducted on its ecologic habits, ecological physiology, metabolism, growth, reproduction, artificial propagation, and seed culture.
Because the hard clam were first introduced into China in 1997, research has been conducted on its ecologic habits, ecological physiology, metabolism, growth, reproduction, artificial propagation, and seeds culture (Chang et al.
The contributors come from the fields of comparative morphology, nutritional physiology,
ecological physiology, and immunology and discuss such diverse topics as concepts of digestive efficiency, mass-balance models, and dietary fatty acids in fish.