MEBIN- Title
- Abundance and distribution of commercial sea cucumber species in the coastal...
- 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
- July 6, 2017, 4:11 a.m.
- Keywords
- Acaudina molpadioides , Holothuria edulis , Pearsonothuria graeffei , Bohadschia atra , Actinopyga mauritiana , Thelenota anax , Kalpitiya , Thelenota ananas , Actinopyga miliaris , Sea cucumber , Stichopus chloronotus , Actinopyga echinites , Holothuria fuscogilva , Holothuria atra , Bohadschia argus , Holothuria leucospilota , Holothuria spinifera , Batticaloa , Stichopus horrens , Bohadschia vitiensis , Bohadschia marmorata , Mannar , Holothuria hilla , Holothuria lesson , Bohadschia sp. 1 , Bohadschia similis , Holothuria nobilis , Holothuria sp. (pentard)
- 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 1 , M 2
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
Dissanayake, D.C.T. and G. Stefansson 2010. Aquatic Living Resources, 23(3): 303-313.
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