Mutualism and coral persistence: The role of herbivore resistance to algal chemical defense

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2085-2101

  Stachowicz, John J ^a,b   Hay, Mark E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associational escape; Chemical defense; Competition; Context dependent interactions; Coral; Crab; Mithrax; Mutualism; Oculina; Predation; Seaweed; Temperate reef

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; HERBIVORY; MUTUALISM; PERSISTENCE;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DICTYOTA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; MITHRACULUS FORCEPS; MITHRAX; MITHRAX FORCEPS; OCULINA; OCULINA ARBUSCULA; PISCES; SARGASSUM; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0032827640     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2085:MACPTR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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