- Title
- Diversity indices of sea cucumber species in the Jaffna lagoon
- Abstract
The present study was carried out to evaluate the diversity indices of sea cucumbers in the Jaffna Lagoon in order to quantify the sea cucumber diversity. Sea cucumbers belonging to class holothuroidea (Echinodermata) are highly diverse, attactive and valuable animalsall over the world. A total of 29 random samplings were conducted in the Jaffna lagoon between the range of 40 and 750cm in depth on a fortninght basis during the period of october 2013 to April 2014. Two skin divers were div...
- Publication Date
- Aug. 1, 2017, 1:52 a.m.
- Keywords
- Holothuria sp. , Bohadschia atra , Stichopus herrmanni , Resource Survey , Actinopyga miliaris , Sea cucumber , Holothuria lesson , Stichopusnaso , Thelenotaanax , Bohadschia graeffei , Actinopyga spinea , Holothuria scabra , Holothuria atra , Holothuria leucospilota , Athyonidium chilensis , Holothuria spinifera , Stichopus horrens
- Category
- Resources Survey
- environmental resources, protection and conservation. Examples: environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape
- Regions
- C3
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
Kuganathan, S., Kularajasingam C.V., Ananthasothi, T., Dayanatha, S.D.K.M., Sathyaruban, S. and Kuddithampy, G. (2015). Diversity indices of sea cucumber...
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