Crevice is beneficial to fitness-related behaviors of small sea cucumbers Apostichopus japonicus exposed to handling stress

Sea cucumbers naturally prefer to inhabit crevices. Although this biological characteristic is widely used in sea cucumber aquaculture, the benefits of crevices remain largely unknown. The present study found that feeding and defecation rates significantly increased in sea cucumbers in the crevices...

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Main Authors: Huiyan Wang, Guo Wu, Tianyu Ma, Zihe Zhao, Ruihuan Tian, Yushi Yu, Xiyuan Huang, Peng Ding, Qingzhi Wang, Chong Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:Aquaculture Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352513423001813