Sediment patch selectivity in tropical sea cucumbers (Holothurioidea: Aspidochirotida) analysed with multiple choice experiments

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-87

  Uthicke, S ^a,b   Karez, R ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Inst F Hydrobiologie F   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multiple choice; Patch selectivity; Sediment quality

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A;

FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION;

ALGA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINODERM; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PREFERENCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

HOLOTHURIA ATRA; HOLOTHURIA EDULIS; HOLOTHURIA NOBILIS; STICHOPUS CHLORONOTUS; STICHOPUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 0033620485     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00190-7     Document Type: Article

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