Effects of light and nutrient availability on the growth, secondary chemistry, and resistance to herbivory of two brown seaweeds

Oikos

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-106

  Cronin, Greg ^a,b   Hay, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; HERBIVORY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MACROALGAE; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

DICTYOTA CILIOLATA; SARGASSUM FILIPENDULA;

EID: 0030304928     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545589     Document Type: Article

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