Allelopathic interactions between sponges on a tropical reef

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1740-1750

  Thacker, Robert W ^a   Becfrro, Mikel A ^a,b   Lumbang, Wilfred A ^a   Paul, Valerie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Cacospongia; Chemical defense; Dysidea; Interspecific competition; Pomacanthus imperator; Predation; Reef; Sponge

Indexed keywords

ALLELOCHEMICAL; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPONGE;

GUAM;

CACOSPONGIA; DYSIDEA; PORIFERA;

EID: 0031875761     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1740:AIBSOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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