DISTRIBUTION OF MOLLUSKS IN LAYARI RIVER (SINDH), PAKISTAN

Authors
Citation
S. Nazneen et F. Begum, DISTRIBUTION OF MOLLUSKS IN LAYARI RIVER (SINDH), PAKISTAN, Hydrobiologia, 273(2), 1994, pp. 95-100
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
ISSN journal
00188158
Volume
273
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
95 - 100
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-8158(1994)273:2<95:DOMILR>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Between January 1982 and December 1985, 65 species of Mollusca were co llected from the Layari River, an ephemeral stream that bisects Karach i. Gastropods were dominant followed by bivalves. The upstream region is hypersaline and devoid of molluscs; the stretch within Karachi is h eavily polluted and almost no living molluscs occur here.