Eelgrass Detritus as a Food Source for the Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus Selenka (Echinidermata: Holothuroidea) in Coastal Waters of North China: An Experimental Study in Flow-Through Systems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Xujia ^a,b   Zhou, Yi ^a   Yang, Hongsheng ^a   Ru, Shaoguo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b Guangxi Institute of Oceanology   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOSTICHOPUS JAPONICUS; ARTICLE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EELGRASS DETRITUS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; SEA CUCUMBER; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; SPECIES HABITAT;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; SEAWATER; STICHOPUS; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 84874739365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058293     Document Type: Article

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