Effects of materials, incubation time and colors of artificial shelters on behavior of juvenile sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Dong, Guancang ^a,b   Dong, Shuanglin ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Tian, Xiangli ^a  

^a Ocean University of China   (China)

^b Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute of Shandong Province   (China)

Author keywords

Apostichopus japonicus; Artificial shelter; Color; Incubation time; Material; Sea cucumber

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MATERIAL; ARTIFICIAL SHELTER; BLUE ONES; CERAMIC TILE; EFFECTS OF MATERIALS; INCUBATION TIME; POLYETHYLENE PIPES; PRE-INCUBATION; SEA CUCUMBER; WOOD BLOCKS; WOVEN MATERIALS;

COLOR; MATERIALS; PIPE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; THERMOPLASTICS;

ANIMALS;

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BIOFILM; CEMENT; COLOR; ECHINODERM; EXPERIMENTAL CULTURE; INCUBATION; JUVENILE; PIPE; POLYMER; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SHELTER;

EID: 77954814190     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaeng.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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