Feeding response of the dendrochirote sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) to changing food concentrations in the laboratory

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1842-1849

  Singh, Rabindra ^a   MacDonald, Bruce A ^a   Lawton, Peter ^b   Thomas, Martin L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

CUCUMARIA FRONDOSA; HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 0032451381     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-133     Document Type: Article

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