Facultative mutualism between an herbivorous crab and a coralline alga: Advantages of eating noxious seaweeds

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 377-387

  Stachowicz, John J ^a   Hay, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal chemical defenses; Competition; Fouling; Mutualism; Plant herbivore interaction

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CHEMICAL DEFENSES; COMPETITION; CORALLINE ALGA; CRAB; MUTUALISM; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SYMBIOSIS;

DECAPODA; MITHRAX SCULPTUS; NEOGONIOLITHON STRICTUM;

EID: 0029669043     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328741     Document Type: Article

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