The World of Sea Cucumbers: Challenges, Advances, and Innovations

The World of Sea Cucumbers: Challenges, Advances, and Innovations provides broad coverage of sea cucumber biology, ecology, fisheries, aquaculture, and trade while also bringing forward novel cultural, socioeconomic and scientific topics related to commercial and non-commercial species worldwide. Written by international experts in their respective fields, the book offers a unique outlook into the fascinating world of sea cucumbers while also providing valuable information to various stakeholders and researchers. Commercial fisheries and aquaculture programs are addressed, especially as they relate to emerging species, but the book also covers novel, understudied or lesser-known biological, ecological, and commercial aspects. The involvement of Indigenous peoples and minorities in various community-level initiatives and on the cultural significance/impact of sea cucumbers in many regions are also examined. Finally, breakthroughs and emerging biotechnologies centered on sea cucumbers are presented. Brings together a network of experts covering broad sea cucumber topics, from basic biology and commercial trade to socioeconomic value and novel biotechnologies Offers worldwide coverage, including Asia, the Indo-Pacific, Africa, Northern Europe, North and South America, and the poles Raises global awareness on little-known facts of sea cucumber importance INDICE: Section I: Background and Overview 1. Overview of sea cucumber diversity 2. Perspectives on sea cucumber knowledge syntheses 3. SPC BDM - The history of sea cucumber interest and globalization 4. Review of sea cucumber fishing worldwide Section II: Sociology and Conservation 5. Sea cucumber traditions and markets in Asia 6. Sea cucumbers: much 7. Importance of sea cucumber fisheries and trade for small island communities - a case study in Papua New Guinea 8. On gender equality in the sea cucumber industry 9. Traditional use of sea cucumbers by Alaska and Washington (USA) and First Nations 10. Traditional use of sea cucumbers by First Nations of British Columbia (Canada) 11. Sea cucumbers in the lives of Inuit 12. The dark side of sea cucumbers - contraband and smuggling Section III: Biology 13. Fission and auxiliary reproductive modes in sea cucumbers 14. Sexual reproduction in sea cucumbers 15. Larval development in sea cucumbers 16. Juvenile sea cucumbers 17. Special adaptations and oddities in the life histories of sea cucumbers 18. Autonomy (evisceration) and regeneration of dendrochirotid sea cucumbers 19. Locomotor, feeding, and reproductive behaviors in sea cucumbers 20. Swimming sea cucumbers 21. Bioluminescence in sea cucumbers 22. Diversity of coelomocytes in the class Holothuroidea 23. Vibratile cells and hemocytes in sea cucumbers Section IV: Ecology 24. Chemical ecology in sea cucumber reproduction 25. Epibionts in sea cucumbers 26. Symbiosis between pearlfish and sea cucumbers 27. The role of tropical aspidochirotids in sediment processing on coral reefs 28. Gut microbiota of sea cucumbers 29. Sea cucumbers in a CO2-driven changing ocean 30. Sea cucumber response to microplastic pollution 31. Sea cucumbers in a high temperature and low dissolved oxygen world Section V: Research and Development 32. Measurement of sea cucumbers - a review 33. Sea cucumber color morphs - physiology and regulation mechanism 34. Neuropeptides and neuroendocrine signaling systems in sea cucumbers 35. Prospects for bioproduct extraction from sea cucumbers in Mexico 36. Mutable collagenous tissues in sea cucumbers 37. New prospects for biomaterials from northern sea cucumbers 38. Curdling enzymes from sea cucumbers 39. Hatchery start-up experiences - Maldives case study 40. The role of sea cucumbers as an ecosystem service in land-based aquaculture Section VI: Species and Their Exploitation Around the World 41. Biology, ecology, aquaculture, and commercial products of Apostichopus californicus 42. Ensuring long-term sustainability of fisheries for Apostichopus californicus in British Columbia (Canada) through collaborative science and adaptive management 43. Dynamic history and status of United States west-coast commercial sea cucumber (Apostichopus californicus and A. parvimensis) fisheries 44. Farming Isostichopus badionotus in Mexico - progress and challenges 45. Sea cucumber fisheries in northern Europe 46. Mediterranean sea cucumbers - biology, ecology, and exploitation 47. Fisheries and aquaculture of Holothuria arguinensis in Europe 48. African light brining brightness to the sea cucumber fisheries in Liberia and Cabo Verde 49. Ecology and culture of Stichopus cf. horrens in the Philippines 50. future of mariculture for the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra in Papua New Guinea 51. Artisanal and industrialized processing methods for sea cucumbers

• ISBN: 978-0-323-95377-1
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2023
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés