Host-plant specialization by a non-herbivorous amphipod: Advantages for the amphipod and costs for the seaweed

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 471-482

  Sotka, Erik E ^b   Hay, Mark E ^a   Thomas, James D ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Coral reef fishes; Halmeda; Host plant specialist; Plant animal interactions

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PARASITE;

AMPHIPODA; ERICTHONIUS BRASILIENSIS; HALIMEDA GOREAUI; HALIMEDA OPUNTIA; HALIMEDA TUNA;

EID: 0032895930     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050750     Document Type: Article

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