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 Volume 5, Issue 1 (January 2018), Pages: 109-112

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Feeding regime of sea cucumber Stichopus herrmanni on coral reefs of southeast of the Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf

 Author(s): F. F. Rashidi 1, E. Kamrani 2, *, M. S. Ranjbar 2

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Fisheries, School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and Technology, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran
 2Department of Marine Biology, School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and Technology, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.01.014

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 Abstract:

Sea cucumbers are the echinoderms that have an important role in benthic habitats by feeding activity. In this study we investigate that what is sea cucumber Stichopus herrmanni eat in corals reef of Southeast Qeshm Island in Persian Gulf. For this aim qualitative Analysis of gut content was done and It was found various types of diatoms, algae, small benthoses and detritus plant and animals and sediment. Also Environmental factor including Temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, conductivity and turbidity were measured to know living conditions of this species. 

 © 2017 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Sea cucumber, Feeding regime, Coral reefs, Stichopus herrmanni, Persian Gulf

 Article History: Received 16 June 2016, Received in revised form 20 December 2016, Accepted 18 January 2017

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.01.014

 Citation:

 Rashidi FF, Kamrani E, and Ranjbar MS (2018). Feeding regime of sea cucumber Stichopus herrmanni on coral reefs of southeast of the Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 5(1): 109-112

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