supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2006BAD09A01);the Special Fund for Ocean-scientific Research in the Public Interest (200905020);the Key Project of Youth Marine Science funded for Oceanography (No. 2009119)
The aquaculture of sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) has grown rapidly during recent years and has become an important sector of the marine industry in Northern China. However, with th...
supported by National Key Project of Scientific and Technical Supporting Programs Funded by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2006B AD09A01)
Morphology and life history of a brown alga Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngbye) Link (Scytosiphonaceae, Phaeophyceae) were investigated from 2005 to 2009 in the coastal waters of Dalian, China. The erect thalli collected...
supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2006BAD09A01, 200905020);the National Natural Science Fundation of China (30771661;the 111 Project of China (B08049)
The exceptionally large individual growth variation has been previously recognized in several sea cucumber cohorts. However, there is a lack of information regarding the mechanism of such individual differences. In th...