College of Fisheries and Life Science Shanghai Ocean University Ministry of Education Shanghai 201306 China;
Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology Qingdao 266071 China;
Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Fisheries Biotechnology and Genetic Breeding Qingdao Key Laboratory for Marine Fish Breeding and Biotechnology Qingdao 266071 China;
Yantai Tianyuan Aquatic Limited Corporation Yantai 264003 China;
osmoregulation mechanisms; Scophthalmus maximus; hypo-saline; signal transduction; cell volume regulation; gene expression;