Chemical defenses, protein content, and susceptibility to herbivory of diploid vs. haploid stages of the isomorphic brown alga Dictyota ciliolata (Phaeophyta)

Botanica Marina

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 395-399

  Cronin, G ^a,b   Hay, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; DICTYOTA CILIOLATA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0030470092     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1996.39.1-6.395     Document Type: Article

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