MEBIN- Title
- Sri Lanka Fisheries Atlas 2010; Volume 1. National Aquatic Resources Researc...
- Abstract
The sea cucumber stocks off the east and northwest coasts of Sri Lanka were estimated by surveying 1307 km2 and 1779 km2 by an underwater visual census (UVC) in June and October 2008 respectively. The presence of twenty-five sea cucumber species belonging to seven genera; Actinopyga, Bohadschia, Holothuria, Pearsonothuria, Stichopus, Thelenota and Acaudina was identified in five hundred sampling sites randomly selected in each area. The overall average density (± SD) of sea cucumbers was h...
- Publication Date
- Aug. 2, 2017, 12:12 a.m.
- Keywords
- Acaudina molpadioides , Holothuria lessoni , Holothuria edulis , Bohadschia atra , Actinopyga mauritiana , Resource Survey , Sea cucumber , Actinopyga miliaris , Actinopyga echinites , Holothuria fuscogilva , Holothuria atra , Bohadschia argus , Holothuria leucospilota , Bohadschia vitiensis , Bohadschia sp. 1 similis , Holothuria hilla , Bohadschia marmorata , Bohadschia graeffei , Holothuria scabra , Holothuria nobilis , Bohadschia
- 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
- C ! , JS 5 , M 2
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
Sri Lanka Fisheries Atlas 2010; Volume 1. National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Colombo 15, Sri Lanka; GCP/SRL/054/CAN.
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