Chemical signals in gametogenesis, spawning, and larval settlement and defense of the soft coral Sinularia polydactyla

Coral Reefs

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-84

  Slattery, M ^a,b   Hines, G A ^c   Starmer, J ^b   Paul, V J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical defenses; Guam; Mass spawn; Pheromone; Steroids

Indexed keywords

11BETA ACETOXYPUKALIDE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL SIGNAL; ESTRADIOL; GAMETOGENESIS; GUAM; LIFE CYCLE; PROGESTERONE; PUKALIDE; SPAWNING; SPERMATOZOON; TESTOSTERONE;

CORAL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GAMETOGENESIS; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; SIGNAL; SPAWNING;

AUSTRALIA;

ALCYONACEA; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CANTHIGASTER SOLANDRI; HYDROLITHON REINBOLDII; INVERTEBRATA; SINULARIA; SINULARIA POLYDACTYLA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SP.;

EID: 0032807205     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050158     Document Type: Article

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