Table 2 Temporal variation in species density of sea cucumber populations (no./100m2) at the surveyed site
From: Destruction of sea cucumber populations due to overfishing at Abu Ghosoun area, Red Sea
Species | July 2000 | July 2006 | July 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
Actinopyga echinites | 24.5 | 19.2 | 2.4 |
Actinopyga mauritiana | 26.1 | 9.3 | 0 |
Actinopyga miliaris | 21.6 | 11.7 | 3.7 |
Bohadschia similis | 35.3 | 18.6 | 0 |
Bohadschia argus | 34.9 | 22.6 | 0 |
Bohadschia vitiensis | 54.7 | 31.8 | 10.8 |
Holothuria atra | 128.1 | 120.4 | 87.4 |
Holothuria scabra | 65.6 | 10.3 | 0 |
Holothuria whitmaei | 78.8 | 67.5 | 13.9 |
Holothuria fuscogilva | 84.2 | 51.5 | 5.7 |
Stichopus hermanni | 55.2 | 14.3 | 1.3 |
Stichopus horrens | 42.4 | 8.8 | 0 |
Thelenota ananas | 48.1 | 5.6 | 0 |