Chapter 20 Ecology of Strongylocentrotus intermedius

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This chapter describes the ecology of Strongylocentrotus intermedius (S. intermedius). It is found commonly on the rocky bottom in shallow waters around Hokkaido. It is harvested commercially in Iwate, Aomori, and Hokkaido, Japan. The roe flesh is eaten mainly as sashimi and sushi and is served in a bowl with rice. Salted raw urchin is a familiar food in Hokkaido. The gametogenic process is classified into five stages: recovery, growth, prematuration, maturation, and spent. S. intermedius, artificially produced from adults from the Sea of Japan and transplanted to the Pacific and eastern Tsugaru Strait coastal waters, maintains its own fixed reproductive cycle. The successive changes in distribution of each developmental stage are greatly influenced by seasonal current strength and direction. The principal food of S. intermedius in the field is algae. The efficiency of growth is expressed as the percentage of the energy consumed that is used for production or the percentage of energy absorbed that is converted into production. The somatic growth of S. intermedius is affected by the kind and quantity of marine algae.

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Chapter 20 Ecology of Strongylocentrotus intermedius

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Aquaculture

Phytochemistry

The ecology of a sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius (A Agassiz) on the coast of Okhotsk Sea in Hokkaido

Sci Rep Hokkaido Fish Exp Stn

On the releasing of the cultured seeds of sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus intermedius (A. Agassiz), at Shikabe in the coast of Funka Bay. I. Discrimination releasing group and aboriginal group by rings formed in genital plate

Hokusuishi Geppo

Strongylocentrotus intermedius (A. Agassiz)

Ecological studies on the population dynamics of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus nudus

Sci Rep Hokkaido Fish Exp Stn

Marine afforestaion off the Japan Sea coast in Hokkaido

Food consumption and growth of the juvenile sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius

Fisheries Sci

Effect of the covering behavior of the juvenile sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius on predation by the spider crab Pugettia quadridens

Fisheries Sci

Seasonal larval occurrence and spawning season of two sea urchins, Strongylocentrotus intermedius and S. nudus, in southern Hokkaido

Sci Rep Hokkaido Fish Exp Stn

Reproductive cycle of cultured seeds of the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus intermedius produced from geographically separated population

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Sci Rep Hokkaido Fish Exp Stn

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Hokusuishi Geppo

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Sci Rep Hokkaido Fish Exp Stn