Diet and feeding behaviour of the sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa in the St. Lawrence estuary, eastern Canada

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1194-1198

  Hamel, Jean François ^a   Mercier, Annie ^a  

^a Société d'Exploration et de Valorisation de l'Environnement SEVE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECHINODERM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

ANIMALIA; CHAETOCEROS DEBILIS; COSCINODISCUS CENTRALIS; CRUSTACEA; CUCUMARIA FRONDOSA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; THALASSIOSIRA GRAVIDA;

EID: 0032408889     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-040     Document Type: Article

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