Chemical defense of the Caribbean sponge Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 185-196

  Chanas, Brian ^a   Pawlik, Joseph R ^a   Lindel, Thomas ^b,c   Fenical, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agelas; Alkaloids; Chemical defense; Coral reef sponges; Predator prey interaction

Indexed keywords

CORAL;

ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

AGELAS CLATHRODES; THALASSOMA BIFASCIATUM;

ALKALOID; ALKALOIDS; CHEMICAL DEFENCE; CHEMICAL DEFENCES; CORAL REEFS; PREDATION; REEF; SPONGE;

EID: 0030621012     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02653-6     Document Type: Article

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