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Overview

Brian Morton was affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and specialized in Environmental Science with a focus on several subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research topics covered a range of areas, prominently including:

  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Mollusks and Parasites Studies
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Cruise Tourism Development and Management
  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition

Brian Morton contributed to various scientific publications throughout their career, focusing largely on marine biology and environmental science topics. Some of the recent papers include:

  • "All Shook Up: The Politics of Cultural Appropriation," 2020, published in Dissent
  • "The origins, relationships, evolution and conservation of the weirdest marine bivalves: The watering pot shells. A review," 2021, published in Advances in Marine Biology
  • "Phylogenetic relationships of Asian freshwater Mytiloidea (Bivalvia): a morphological and genetic comparison of Sinomytilus harmandi, Limnoperna fortunei and Septifer bilocularis," 2020, published in Molluscan Research
  • "The watering pot shell Dianadema minima (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata, Clavagellidae): re-description and an interpretation of adventitious crypt formation," 2024, published in Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
  • "From what and to where? Celebrating the first 50 years of Marine Pollution Bulletin," 2021, published in Marine Pollution Bulletin

Their work appeared frequently in several publication venues, most notably:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Dissent
  • Molluscan Research
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  • Advances in Marine Biology

Brian Morton collaborated regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Priscilla T.Y. Leung
  • Jiehong Wei
  • Charles Sheppard
  • Michael Elliott
  • Pat Hutchings

Best Publications

  • The Sea Shore Ecology of Hong Kong

    Brian Morton

  • South China Sea.

    Brian Morton;Graham Blackmore

  • Shore Ecology of the Gulf of Mexico

    Joseph C. Britton;Brian Morton

  • 2 – Feeding and Digestion in Bivalvia

    Brian Morton;Karl M. Wilbur;E. R. Trueman;M. R. Clarcke

  • Mitochondrial DNA and morphological identification of a new species of Crassostrea (Bivalvia: Ostreidae) cultured for centuries in the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong, China

    Katherine Lam;Brian Morton

  • Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China IV

    Brian Morton

  • The hydrology of the coastal waters of Hong Kong.

    Brian Morton;S.S. Wu

  • The population dynamics and sexual strategy of Anodonta woodiana (Bivalvia: Unionacea) in Plover Cove Reservoir, Hong Kong

    David Dudgeon;Brian Morton

  • Pollution of the coastal waters of Hong Kong

    Brian Morton

  • Coastal ecology of the Açores

    B. Morton;J.C. Britton;A.M. de Frias Martins

  • Do the Bivalvia demonstrate environment‐specific sexual strategies? A Hong Kong model

    Brian Morton

  • Swimming in Amusium pleuronectes (Bivahia: Pectinidae)*

    Brian Morton

  • Morphological and mitochondrial-DNA analysis of the Indo-West Pacific rock oysters (Ostreidae: Saccostrea species)

    Katherine Lam;Brian Morton

  • CORALLIVORY AND PREY CHOICE BY DRUPELLA RUGOSA (GASTROPODA: MURICIDAE) IN HONG KONG

    Brian Morton;Graham Blackmore;C. T. Kwok

  • The Tidal Rhythm and Rhythm of Feeding and Digestion in <i>Cardium Edule</i>

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  • Morphological and functional specializations of the shell, musculature and pallial glands in the Lithophaginae (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

    Brian Morton;P. J. B. Scott

  • Experimental prey species preferences of Hexaplex trunculus (Gastropoda: Muricidae) and predator–prey interactions with the Black mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)

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  • Site selection and attachment duration of Anodonta woodiana (Bivalvia: Unionacea) glochidia on fish hosts

    D. Dudgeon;B. Morton

  • The population dynamics of Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculacea) in Plover Cove Reservoir, Hong Kong

    Brian Morton

  • Studies on the biology of Dreissena polymorpha: VI. The occurrence of chronic pallial and ctenidial inflammatory granulomas—the response to injury

    Brian Morton

  • An introduction to the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong

    Brian Morton;Elizabeth Harper

  • Life-history characteristics and sexual strategy of Mytilopsis sallei (Bivalvia: Dreissenacea), introduced into Hong Kong

    Brian Morton

  • Alternative predation tactics of a tropical naticid gastropod

    Alan D. Ansell;Brian Morton

  • THE BIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF MYTILOPSIS SALLEI (RECLUZ) (BIVALVIA: DREISSENACEA) FOULING VISAKHAPATNAM HARBOUR, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

    Brian Morton

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth M. Harper
Elizabeth M. Harper University of Cambridge
Demetrio Boltovskoy
Demetrio Boltovskoy National University of Cuyo
David Dudgeon
David Dudgeon University of Hong Kong
Kenneth M.Y. Leung
Kenneth M.Y. Leung City University of Hong Kong
Jonathan C. Aitchison
Jonathan C. Aitchison University of Queensland
Rudolf S.S. Wu
Rudolf S.S. Wu University of Hong Kong
Joseph H.W. Lee
Joseph H.W. Lee Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Gui-Peng Yang
Gui-Peng Yang Ocean University of China
Bruce J. Richardson
Bruce J. Richardson City University of Hong Kong
François Galgani
François Galgani French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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