The objective of this volume is to document the marine biodiversity of Guam, a small island
at the southern end of the Mariana island arc. Guam has the best-documented marine biota …

Field studies of the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra conducted in Kogu Veke, Solomon
Islands, showed monthly recruitment of newly-settled juveniles on seagrass and indicated …

To endure, coral reefs must accumulate CaCO3 at a rate greater or equal than the sum of
mechanically, biologically, and chemically mediated erosion rates. We investigated the …

Holothuroids, or sea cucumbers, are an abundant and diverse group of echinoderms with
over 1400 species occurring from the intertidal to the deepest oceanic trenches. In this study …

Holothuroidea, comprising the sea cucumbers, is the least studied class of extant
echinoderms, yet this group possesses a wealth of features of potential interest to …

Distribution patterns were studied in two species of aspidochirotes (Holothuria (Halodeima)
atra and Stichopus chloronotus) on a reef flat near Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef …

Recent measurements have shown that holothurians (sea cucumbers) may play an
important role in the cycling of CaCO 3 in tropical coral reef systems through ingestion and …

Populations of sea cucumbers in Thailand have been declining because of overfishing in
recent years; however, little is known about the possible long-term effects of this decline on …

Surficial assemblages of mollusk shells provide minimally invasive, quantitative data that are
potentially adequate for assessing spatial organization of local benthic ecosystems. This …

Densities and habitat use patterns of holothurians, including nocturnal species, were
assessed in Buena Vista, Nggela, Solomon Islands, for community-based resource …