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Apostichopus japonicus: A Key Species in Integrated Polyculture Systems
Xiutang Yuan,Yi Zhou,Yuze Mao +2 more
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Integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) of deposit-feeding sea cucumbers with other species would be beneficial economically (increased harvests) and environmentally (decreasing farm wastes) and financially and environmentally beneficial.Abstract:
Summary Integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) of deposit-feeding sea cucumbers with other species would be beneficial economically (increased harvests) and environmentally (decreasing farm wastes). On the eastern Asian coast, the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus is considered an excellent candidate for marine IMTA systems. The use of A. japonicus can mitigate the accumulation of particulate organic waste produced by other species, due to its deposit-feeding behavior. The experimental studies and commercial practices of sea cucumber IMTA in China started in the late 1980s, and the feasibility of coculture of A. japonicus with fish, shrimp, bivalves and/or macroalgae, abalone, and sea urchin has been tested in China, Japan, and Republic of Korea in recent years. Moreover, the bioremediation capability of A. japonicus on organic wastes discharged from bivalves and/or macroalgae systems has been evaluated in the context of coculture or polyculture. Future breakthroughs in the field of sea cucumber IMTA are anticipated in the years to come.read more
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Ecological Roles of Exploited Sea Cucumbers
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Role of deposit-feeding sea cucumbers in integrated multitrophic aquaculture: progress, problems, potential and future challenges
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Bioenergetic trade-offs in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in response to CO2-driven ocean acidification.
Xiutang Yuan,Senlin Shao,Senlin Shao,Xiaolong Yang,Xiaolong Yang,Dazuo Yang,Qinzeng Xu,Humin Zong,Shilin Liu +8 more
TL;DR: Findings indicate that adult A. japonicus is resilient to the OA scenario at the end of the twenty-first century, but further acidification may negatively influence the grazing capability and growth, thereby influencing its ecological functioning as an “ecosystem engineer” and potentially harming its culture output.
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Physiological and Behavioral Plasticity of the Sea Cucumber Holothuria forskali (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) to Acidified Seawater.
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TL;DR: This first long-term study of the effects of seawater acidification on sea cucumbers revealed resilience within the wide natural range of pCO2 found in NE Atlantic coastal waters.
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TL;DR: It seems a conflict exists between drying bivalve feces to form extruded diets and feeding sea cucumbers with fresh feces which contain beneficial bacteria, which could be helpful in further development of more appropriate diets for culture of holothurians.