Larvotoxic extracts of the hard coral Goniopora tenuidens: Allelochemicals that limit settlement of potential competitors?

Toxicon

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 361-367

  Fearon, R J ^a   Cameron, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORAL; EXTRACT; GROWTH; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GONIOPORA TENUIDENS;

EID: 0030010255     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(95)00137-9     Document Type: Article

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