Trade-offs between phlorotannin production and annual growth in natural populations of the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 761-771

  Pavia, Henrik ^a   Toth, Gunilla ^a   Åberg, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; Brown alga; Carbon nutrient balance hypothesis; Cost of chemical defence; Phlorotannins; Plant polyphenolics; Tissue nitrogen; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHLOROTANNIN; PLANT GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM;

EID: 0032719139     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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