Individual tracking to specify the aestivation site of adult sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus on a jetty in Yoshimi Bay, western Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Plankton and Benthos Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 235-239

  Yamana, Yusuke ^a   Hamano, Tatsuo ^b   Goshima, Seiji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL FISHERIES UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Apostichopus japonicus; Distribution; Ecology; Sea cucumber

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BAY; BOULDER; ESTIVATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUAY; TRACKING;

ASIA; CHUGOKU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; YAMAGUCHI [CHUGOKU]; YOSHIMI BAY;

ANIMALIA; APOSTICHOPUS JAPONICUS; HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 60849117525     PISSN: 18808247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3800/pbr.3.235     Document Type: Article

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