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Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of animal ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.134
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1365-2656
pISSN - 0021-8790
DOI - 10.1111/1365-2656.12864
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , citation , benthic zone , oceanography , computer science , ecology , world wide web , information retrieval , library science , geography , geology , biology , engineering , mechanical engineering
Cover image: A sea cucumber ( Cucumaria frondosa ) rests on a boulder in a typical suspension‐feeding posture, looking deceivingly sluggish. A study showed that unfavourable conditions, such as high conspecific density, low salinity or high turbidity, can trigger the rapid intake of seawater, enabling sea cucumbers to achieve neutral buoyancy and drift or tumble away like living balloons. Such findings challenge the notion of sedentarity in benthic animals, with implications for worldwide management and conservation of commercially and ecologically significant marine species (see pp. 820–832). Photo credit: Jean‐François Hamel.