Description
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
Table of Contents
Section I: Background and Overview1. An overview of taxonomic and morphological diversity in sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea: Echinodermata)2. Perspectives on sea cucumber knowledge syntheses3. A journal dedicated to holothuroids: the SPC Beche-de-mer Information BulletinSection II: Sociology4. The McDonaldization of the Sea Cucumber: Changes in Foodways of an Ancient Delicacy in Northeastern Asia5. Sea cucumbers in Chinese daily life 6. Beyond beche-de-mer : sea cucumber in non-traditional food products, health supplements, and biotechnology 7. Mystery, Muse, Monster: Sea cucumbers in popular culture 8. Women in sea cucumber fisheries and aquaculture – can we make their participation equal and fair?9. Artisanal processing and consumption of sea cucumbers: stories from the Philippines and Fiji Islands10. Importance of sea cucumber fisheries and trade for small island communities: a case study in Papua New Guinea 11. Aspects of the Relationship between the Giant Red Sea Cucumber, Apostichopus californicus, and the Indigenous People of the Northwest Coast of North America12. Perspectives on sea cucumber use and research in the Canadian Arctic with special attention to Sanikiluaq (Qikiqtait, Nunavut)13. Sea cucumber crimeSection III: Biology14. Knowledge of biodiversity and reproduction in sea cucumbers from southern South America to Antarctic Peninsula15. Adult fission as an auxiliary reproductive mode in holothuroids, with a detailed look at Holothuria atra and Stichopus chloronotus16. Morphological diversity, development, and biology of sea cucumber larvae 17. Biology and ecology of wild juvenile sea cucumbers: what do we know?18. A preliminary survey and analysis of beaching events involving sea cucumbers19. Autotomy (evisceration) and regeneration of dendrochirotid sea cucumbers 20. Locomotor, feeding, and reproductive behaviours of sea cucumbers with a focus on Apostichopus japonicus21. Swimming sea cucumbers 22. Glowing sea cucumbers: Bioluminescence in the Holothuroidea23. Diversity of coelomocytes in the class Holothuroidea24. Vibratile cells and hemocytes in sea cucumbers – clarification and new paradigmsSection IV: Ecology25. Chemical ecology of sea cucumber reproduction 26. Decorator sea cucumbers: an overview of epibiotic associates of Holothuria floridana and H. mexicana27. Adaptations of pearlfish (Carapidae) to their life inside sea cucumbers 28. Sediment processing: the foremost ecological role of tropical deposit-feeding sea cucumbers29. Gut microbiota of sea cucumbers, with a focus on Apostichopus japonicus30. Sea cucumbers under ocean acidification and warming 31. Sea cucumbers in a high temperature and low dissolved oxygen world: an overview focusing on Apostichopus japonicus32. Sea cucumber response to microplastic pollutionSection V: Research and Development33. Exploring body-size metrics in sea cucumbers through a literature review and case study of the commercial dendrochirotid Cucumaria frondosa34. Apostichopus japonicus colour morphs: physiology and molecular regulation mechanisms35. Neuropeptides and neuroendocrine signaling systems in sea cucumbers 36. Mutable collagenous tissues in sea cucumbers37. Novel biomaterials and biotechnological applications derived from North Atlantic sea cucumbers: A systematic review 38. Sea cucumbers and cheese making: exploring the use of milk coagulant obtained from the digestive tract of Holothuria scabra 39. Sea cucumber aquaculture start-up experience: the case of the Maldives 40. Diversifying sea cucumber aquaculture in the Caribbean: the promising example of Holothuria floridana in Panama, Mexico, and Belize41. Role of sea cucumbers as an ecosystem service in land-based aquacultureSection VI: Species and Their Exploitation Around the World42. Biology, ecology, aquaculture, and commercial products of Apostichopus californicus 43.
