Food Safety Risks Posed by Heavy Metals and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) related to Consumption of Sea Cucumbers [PDF]
Foods, 2022 The global production of sea cucumbers was 245 thousand tons in 2020. Sea cucumbers are important food items in Asian and Pacific cuisines, the highest proportion being consumed in China as “bêche-de-mer” dried, gutted, boiled and salted body wall ...
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Macroalgae and interspecific alarm cues regulate behavioral interactions between sea urchins and sea cucumbers [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Sea urchins and sea cucumbers are mutually beneficial organisms in kelp ecosystem. As herbivores, sea urchins process kelp through feeding and egestion, providing inaccessible food for benthic consumers such as sea cucumbers.
Jiangnan Sun +6 more
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Culturable Microorganisms Associated with Sea Cucumbers and Microbial Natural Products [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2021 Sea cucumbers are a class of marine invertebrates and a source of food and drug. Numerous microorganisms are associated with sea cucumbers. Seventy-eight genera of bacteria belonging to 47 families in four phyla, and 29 genera of fungi belonging to 24 ...
Lei Chen +3 more
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Antioxidant Potential of Sea Cucumbers and Their Beneficial Effects on Human Health [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2022 Sea cucumbers are considered a luxury food item and used locally in traditional medication due to their impressive nutritional profile and curative effects.
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 Summer mortality and morbidity are serious environment-related problems in cultured sea cucumbers (Apostichopus japonicus). Air exposure probably worsens the impact of high temperature on cultured sea cucumbers.
Huiyan Wang +7 more
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Evaluating sea cucumbers as extractive species for benthic bioremediation in mussel farms. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Filter-feeding mussels blend suspended particles into faeces and pseudo-faeces enhancing organic matter flows between the water column and the bottom, and strengthening benthic-pelagic coupling.
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Biosynthesis of saponin defensive compounds in sea cucumbers. [PDF]
Nat Chem Biol, 2022 Soft-bodied slow-moving sea creatures such as sea stars and sea cucumbers lack an adaptive immune system and have instead evolved the ability to make specialized protective chemicals (glycosylated steroids and triterpenes) as part of their innate immune ...
Thimmappa R +10 more
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Detection and Analysis of Behavior Trajectory for Sea Cucumbers Based on Deep Learning
IEEE Access, 2020 The motion trajectory of sea cucumbers reflects the behavior of sea cucumbers, and the behavior of sea cucumbers reflects the status of the feeding and individual health, which provides the important information for the culture, status detection and ...
Juan Li +5 more
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Sea cucumbers and their symbiotic microbiome have evolved to feed on seabed sediments. [PDF]
Nat CommunSea cucumbers are predominant deposit feeders in benthic ecosystems, providing protective benefits to coral reefs by reducing disease prevalence. However, how they receive sufficient nutrition from seabed sediments remains poorly understood.
Pan W +30 more
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Effects of Storage Method on the Quality of Processed Sea Cucumbers (Apostichopus japonicus) [PDF]
Foods, 2022 This research aimed to establish an effective storage method to maintain the quality of processed sea cucumbers. In this study, sea cucumbers were stored by various methods including the storage of live sea cucumbers (seawater treatment, oxygen treatment,
Shuang Li +6 more
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