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Production through aquaculture has been acknowledged as an alternative to supply demand and reduce pressure on natural stocks, but there are still bottlenecks to overcome, such as low growth rate and survival. This study focuses on the evaluation of the growth of juveniles of H. arguinensis through substrate enrichment\u2014direct mixing of Sargassum vulgare with sediment\u2014in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), for 4 months, with a baseline diet of Saccorhiza polyschides. Compared to the control (no enrichment), sea cucumbers fed with enriched sediment showed the highest specific growth rate (SGR), the highest growth rate (GR) and the lowest size heterogeneity. The results obtained in this study showed a favorable growth of sea cucumbers when in the presence of a substrate enriched with Sargassum vulgare, representing an important step towards the viability of large-scale sea cucumber rearing in Europe.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/d15030458","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,20]],"date-time":"2023-03-20T07:56:37Z","timestamp":1679298997000},"page":"458","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Effect of Enriched Substrate on the Growth of the Sea Cucumber Holothuria arguinensis Koehler and Vaney, 1906 Juveniles"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Tiago","family":"Rodrigues","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"MARE\u2014Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre\/ARNET\u2013Aquatic Research Network, ESTM, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 2520-641 Peniche, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Francisco","family":"Azevedo e Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MARE\u2014Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre\/ARNET\u2013Aquatic Research Network, ESTM, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 2520-641 Peniche, Portugal"},{"name":"MARE\u2014Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre\/ARNET\u2013Aquatic Research Network, Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias, Universidade de Lisboa, 1740-016 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Jo\u00e3o","family":"Sousa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MARE\u2014Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre\/ARNET\u2013Aquatic Research Network, ESTM, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 2520-641 Peniche, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0466-3464","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pedro M.","family":"F\u00e9lix","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MARE\u2014Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre\/ARNET\u2013Aquatic Research Network, Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias, Universidade de Lisboa, 1740-016 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1397-9206","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ana","family":"Pombo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MARE\u2014Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre\/ARNET\u2013Aquatic Research Network, ESTM, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 2520-641 Peniche, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"65","article-title":"IUCN Red List workshop for sea cucumbers","volume":"31","author":"Polidoro","year":"2011","journal-title":"SPC Beche-De-Mer Inf. 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