The World of Sea Cucumbers

<p>Section I: Background and Overview<br>1. An overview of taxonomic and morphological diversity in sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea: Echinodermata)<br>2. Perspectives on sea cucumber knowledge syntheses<br>3. A journal dedicated to holothuroids: the SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin</p> <p>Section II: Sociology<br>4. The McDonaldization of the Sea Cucumber: Changes in Foodways of an Ancient Delicacy in Northeastern Asia<br>5. Sea cucumbers in Chinese daily life <br>6. Beyond beche-de-mer : sea cucumber in non-traditional food products, health supplements, and biotechnology <br>7. Mystery, Muse, Monster: Sea cucumbers in popular culture <br>8. Women in sea cucumber fisheries and aquaculture – can we make their participation equal and fair?<br>9. Artisanal processing and consumption of sea cucumbers: stories from the Philippines and Fiji Islands<br>10. Importance of sea cucumber fisheries and trade for small island communities: a case study in Papua New Guinea <br>11. Aspects of the Relationship between the Giant Red Sea Cucumber, Apostichopus californicus, and the Indigenous People of the Northwest Coast of North America<br>12. Perspectives on sea cucumber use and research in the Canadian Arctic with special attention to Sanikiluaq (Qikiqtait, Nunavut)<br>13. Sea cucumber crime </p> <p>Section III: Biology<br>14. Knowledge of biodiversity and reproduction in sea cucumbers from southern South America to Antarctic Peninsula<br>15. Adult fission as an auxiliary reproductive mode in holothuroids, with a detailed look at Holothuria atra and Stichopus chloronotus<br>16. Morphological diversity, development, and biology of sea cucumber larvae <br>17. Biology and ecology of wild juvenile sea cucumbers: what do we know?<br>18. A preliminary survey and analysis of beaching events involving sea cucumbers<br>19. Autotomy (evisceration) and regeneration of dendrochirotid sea cucumbers <br>20. Locomotor, feeding, and reproductive behaviours of sea cucumbers with a focus on Apostichopus japonicus<br>21. Swimming sea cucumbers <br>22. Glowing sea cucumbers: Bioluminescence in the Holothuroidea<br>23. Diversity of coelomocytes in the class Holothuroidea<br>24. Vibratile cells and hemocytes in sea cucumbers – clarification and new paradigms </p> <p>Section IV: Ecology<br>25. Chemical ecology of sea cucumber reproduction <br>26. Decorator sea cucumbers: an overview of epibiotic associates of Holothuria floridana and H. mexicana<br>27. Adaptations of pearlfish (Carapidae) to their life inside sea cucumbers <br>28. Sediment processing: the foremost ecological role of tropical deposit-feeding sea cucumbers<br>29. Gut microbiota of sea cucumbers, with a focus on Apostichopus japonicus<br>30. Sea cucumbers under ocean acidification and warming <br>31. Sea cucumbers in a high temperature and low dissolved oxygen world: an overview focusing on Apostichopus japonicus<br>32. Sea cucumber response to microplastic pollution </p> <p>Section V: Research and Development<br>33. Exploring body-size metrics in sea cucumbers through a literature review and case study of the commercial dendrochirotid Cucumaria frondosa<br>34. Apostichopus japonicus colour morphs: physiology and molecular regulation mechanisms<br>35. Neuropeptides and neuroendocrine signaling systems in sea cucumbers <br>36. Mutable collagenous tissues in sea cucumbers<br>37. Novel biomaterials and biotechnological applications derived from North Atlantic sea cucumbers: A systematic review <br>38. Sea cucumbers and cheese making: exploring the use of milk coagulant obtained from the digestive tract of Holothuria scabra <br>39. Sea cucumber aquaculture start-up experience: the case of the Maldives <br>40. Diversifying sea cucumber aquaculture in the Caribbean: the promising example of Holothuria floridana in Panama, Mexico, and Belize<br>41. Role of sea cucumbers as an ecosystem service in land-based aquaculture </p> <p>Section VI: Species and Their Exploitation Around the World<br>42. Biology, ecology, aquaculture, and commercial products of Apostichopus californicus <br>43. Ensuring long term sustainability of the fishery for Apostichopus californicus in British Colombia (Canada) through collaborative science and adaptive management <br>44. Dynamic history and status of fisheries for the sea cucumbers Apostichopus californicus and A. parvimensis on the west coast of the United States of America<br>45. Can cucumber fisheries be sustainable? The Mexican case study<br>46. Aquaculture of the chocolate chip sea cucumber Isostichopus badionotus in Yucatan, Mexico: progress and challenges<br>47. Sea cucumber fisheries in Northern Europe <br>48. Mediterranean sea cucumbers: biology, ecology and exploitation <br>49. History of the fishery and aquaculture of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus in Russia <br>50. Ecology and culture of the warty sea cucumber (Stichopus cf. horrens) in the Philippines<br>51. Future prospects for sea cucumber mariculture in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands </p>