Study of the Physiological Indices of Sea Cucumber Holothuria tubulosa (Gmelin, 1788) of the Oranaise Coast (Algeria)
Keywords:
Ain Franin, Holothuria tubulosa, gonad index, index of repletion, season, Sidi lakhdar, temperature.Abstract
Sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea) of the order Aspidochirotes constitute a highly visible and diverse group within marine ecosystems. This echinoderm filled with fundamental ecological functions by its activities detritivore and of bioturbation. In the Mediterranean is more precisely in Algerian waters, among the dominant species is the Holothuria tubulosa hence the interest in the study of this species. A total of 170 specimens are harvested at the sites of Sidi lakhdar and Ain Franin during the period October 2013 to October 2014. The analysis concerns the physiological indices, namely the gonad index (GI) and the repletion index (RI), allowing us to determine the reproductive periods and the various stages of the reproductive cycle of Holothuria tubulosa according to the seasons and the temperature and to see the relation between the feeding period and the reproduction period. The results show that sea cucumbers exhibit fluctuations in physiological indices as a function of temperature and seasons.
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