Reproduction of the commercial sea cucumber Holothuria whitmaei [Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida] in the Indian and Pacific Ocean regions of Australia

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 973-986

  Shiell, Glenn R ^a   Uthicke, Sven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; MATURATION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEASONALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; NINGALOO REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; ASPIDOCHIROTIDA; ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHURIA NOBILIS; HOLOTHUROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33344476304     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0113-3     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Andrew NL (1986) The interaction between diet and density in influencing reproductive output in the echinoid Evechinus chloroticus. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 97:63-79
2. Babcock RC, Bull GD, Harrison PL, Heyward AJ, Oliver JK, Wallace CC, Willis BL (1986) Synchronous spawnings of 105 scleractinian coral species on the Great Barrier Reef. Mar Biol 90:379-394
3. Bakus GJ (1973) The biology and ecology of tropical holothurians. In: Jones OA, Endean R (eds) Biology and geology of coral reefs VII. Biology 1. Academic, New York, pp 325-367
4. Battaglene SC, Seymour JE, Ramofafia C, Lane I (2002) Spawning induction of three tropical sea cucumbers, Holothuria scabra,H. fuscogilva and Actinopyga mauritiana. Aquaculture 207:29-47
5. Benzie JAH, Uthicke S (2003) Stock size of bêche-de-mer, and recruitment patterns and gene flow in the black teatfish on the Great Barrier Reef. Report prepared for the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. The Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, 86 p
6. Birkeland C (1988) The influence of echinoderms on coral-reef communities. In: Jangoux M, Lawrence (eds) Echinoderm studies, vol 3. AA Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 1-79
7. Byrne M (1990) Annual reproductive cycles of the commercial sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus from an exposed intertidal and sheltered subtidal habitats on the west coast of Ireland. Mar Biol 104:275-289
8. Byrne M, Andrew NL, Worthington DG, Brett PA (1998) Reproduction in the diadematoid sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii in contrasting habitats along the coast of New South Wales, Australia. Mar Biol 132:305-318
9. Cameron JL, Fankboner PV (1986) Reproductive biology of the sea cucumber Parastichopus californicus (Stimpson) (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). I. Reproductive periodicity and spawning behaviour. Can J Zool 64:168-175
10. Chao S-M, Chen C-P, Alexander PS (1995) Reproductive cycles of tropical sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in southern Taiwan. Mar Biol 122:289-295
11. Conand C (1981) Sexual cycle of three commercially important holothurian species (Echinodermata) from the lagoon of New Caledonia. Bull Mar Sci 31:523-543
12. Conand C (1993) Reproductive biology of the holothurians from the major communities of the New Caledonian Lagoon. Mar Biol 116:439-450
13. Conand C (2004) Present status of world sea cucumber resources and utilization: an international overview. In: Lovatelli A (comp/ed), Conand C, Purcell S, Uthicke S, Hamel J-F, Mercier A (eds) Advances in sea cucumber aquaculture and management. Fisheries Technical Paper. Rome, FAO, 463:13-24
14. Conand C, Uthicke S, and Hoareau T (2002) Sexual and asexual reproduction of the holothurian Stichopus chloronotus (Echinodermata): a comparison between La Réunion (Indian Ocean) and east Australia (Pacific Ocean). Invertebr Reprod Dev 41:235-242
15. Hamel J-F, Mercier A (1996) Gonad morphology and the gametogenesis of the sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa. SPC Inf Bull Bêche-de-mer 8:22-33
16. Harriott VJ (1982) Sexual and asexual reproduction of Holothuria atra Jäger at Heron Island Reef, Great Barrier Reef. In: Rowe FWE (ed) Papers from the Echinoderm Conference, Australian Museum Memoir, vol 16, pp 53-66
17. Lovatelli A, Conand C, Purcell S, Uthicke S, Hamel J-F, Mercier A (2004) (eds) Advances in sea cucumber aquaculture and management. Fisheries Technical Paper No 463. Rome, FAO, 425 p
18. Massin C (1982a) Food and feeding mechanisms: Holothuroidea. In: Jangoux M, Lawrence JM (eds) Echinoderm nutrition. AA Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 43-55
19. Massin C (1982b) Effects of feeding on the environment: Holothuroidea. In: Jangoux M, Lawrence JM (eds) Echinoderm nutrition. AA Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 493-497
20. Morgan A (2000) Aspects of the reproductive cycle of the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Bull Mar Sci 66:47-57
21. Ong Che RG, Gomez ED (1985) Reproductive periodicity of Holothuria scabra Jaeger at Calatagan, Batangas, Philippines. Asian Mar Biol 2:21-30
22. Pearse JS, Cameron RA (1991) Echinodermata: Holothuroidea. In: Giese AC, Pearse JS, Pearse VB (eds) Reproduction of marine invertebrates, vol VI. Echinoderms and lophophorates, pp 514-662
23. Preston GL (1990) Bêche-de-mer resource management studies in Guam. SPC Inf Bull Bêche-de-mer 1:8-9
24. Ramofafia C, Battaglene SC, Bell JD, Byrne M (2000) Reproductive biology of the commercial sea cucumber Holothuria fuscogilva in the Solomon Islands. Mar Biol 136:1045-1056
25. Ramofafia C, Byrne M, Battaglene S (2001) Reproductive biology of the intertidal sea cucumber Actinopyga mauritiana in the Solomon Islands. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 81:523-531
26. Ramofafia C, Byrne M, Battaglene S (2003) Reproduction of the commercial sea cucumber Holothuria scabra (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in the Solomon Islands. Mar Biol 142:281-288
27. Rees M, Colquhoun J, Smith L, Heyward A (2003) Surveys of Trochus, Holothuria, Giant Clams and the Coral Communities at Ashmore Reef, Cartier Reef and Mermaid Reef, Northwestern Australia. Report produced for Australian Government Department of Environment and Heritage. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, 64 p
28. Reichenbach N (1999) Ecology and fishery biology of Holothuria fuscogilva (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in the Maldives, Indian Ocean. Bull Mar Sci 64:103-113
29. Sewell MA (1992) Reproduction of the temperate aspidochirote Stichopus mollis (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in New Zealand. Ophelia 35:103-121
30. Sewell MA, Bergquist PR (1990) Variability in the reproductive cycle of Stichopus mollis (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Invertebr Reprod Dev 17:1-7
31. Sewell MA, Tyler PA, Young CM, Conand C (1997) Ovarian development in the class Holothuroidea: A reassessment of the "Tubule Recruitment Model". Biol Bull 192:17-26
32. Simpson CJ (1991) Mass spawning of corals on Western Australian reefs and comparisons with the Great Barrier Reef. J R Soc West Aust 74:85-91
33. Smiley S (1988) The dynamics of oogenesis and the annual ovarian cycle of Stichopus californicus (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Biol Bull 175:79-93
34. Smiley S, Cloney RA (1985) Ovulation and fine structure of the Stichopus californicus (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) fecund ovarian tubules. Biol Bull 169:342-364
35. Smiley S, McEuan F-S, Chaffee C, Krishan S (1991) Echinodermata: Holothuroidea. In: Giese AC, Pearse JS, Pearse VB (eds) Reproduction of marine invertebrates. Echinoderms and lophophorates, vol VI, The Boxwood Press, Pacific Grove, pp 663-750
36. Tuwo A, Conand C (1992) Reproductive biology of the holothurian Holothuria forskali (Echinodermata). J Mar Biolog Assoc UK 72:745-758
37. Underwood AJ (1997) Experiments in ecology: their logical design and interpretation using analysis of variance. Cambridge University Press, New York, 504 p
38. Uthicke S, Benzie JAH (2000a) Effect of bêche-de-mer fishing on densities and size structure of Holothuria nobilis (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) populations on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 19:271-276
39. Uthicke S, Benzie JAH (2000b) Allozyme electrophoresis indicates high gene flow between populations of Holothuria nobilis (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida) on the Great Barrier Reef. Mar Biol 137:819-825
40. Uthicke S, Karez R (1999) Sediment patch selectivity in tropical sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida) analysed with multiple choice experiments. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 236:69-87
41. Uthicke S, Klumpp DW (1998) Microbenthos community production in sediments of a near shore coral reef: seasonal variation and response to ammonium recycled by holothurians. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 169:1-11
42. Uthicke S, Benzie JAH, Ballment E (1998) Genetic structure of fissiparous populations of Holothuria (Halodeima) atra on the Great Barrier Reef. Mar Biol 132:141-151
43. Uthicke S, Benzie JAH, Ballment E (1999) Population genetics of the fissiparous holothurian Stichopus chloronotus (Aspidochirotida) on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs 18:123-132
44. Uthicke S, O'Hara TD, Byrne M (2004) Species composition and molecular phylogeny of the Indo-Pacific teatfish (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) bêche-de-mer fishery. Mar Freshw Res 55:837-848
45. Yanigasawa T (1998) Aspects of the biology and culture if the sea cucumber. In: De Silva DD (ed) Tropical mariculture. Academic Press, London, pp 292-308