Defense of ascidians and their conspicuous larvae: Adult vs. larval chemical defenses

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 547-568

  Lindquist, Niels ^a   Hay, Mark E ^a   Fenical, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Chemical defenses; Larvae; Polyandrocarpa sp.; Predation; Secondary metabolites; Sigillina signifera; Trididemnum solidum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASCIDIAN; CHEMICAL DEFENCE; DEFENCE: CHEMICAL; EGGS; LARVAE; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

CARIBBEAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; MEXICO, GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC;

APLIDIUM CALIFORNICUM; LISSOCLINUM PATELLA; POLYANDROCARPA; SIGILLINA SIGNIFER; TRIDIDEMNUM CYANOPHORUM; TRIDIDEMNUM SOLIDUM;

EID: 0027047727     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2937316     Document Type: Article

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