Interactive effects of inducible defense and resource availability on phlorotannins in the North Atlantic brown alga Fucus vesiculosus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 209-217

  Peckol, P ^a   Krane, J M ^a   Yates, J L ^b  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown algae; Fucus; Inducible defense; Marine herbivory; Phlorotannins; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

FUCUS VESICULOSIS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS;

INDUCIBLE DEFENCE; MACROALGAE; PHLOROTANNIN; PHLOROTANNINS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

EID: 0029669809     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps138209     Document Type: Article

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