Daily burrowing cycle and feeding activity of juvenile sea cucumbers Holothuria scabra in response to environmental factors

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 125-156

  Mercier, Annie ^a,b,c   Battaglene, Stephen C ^b   Hamel, Jean François ^a  

^a Soc Explor Valuing Environ (SEVE)   (Canada)

^b WORLDFISH   (Solomon Islands)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burrowing cycle; Feeding; Holothuria scabra; Juvenile; Sea cucumber; Substrate selection

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISM; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDING; LOCOMOTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; SEDIMENT;

HOLOTHURIA SCABRA; HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 0033151742     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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