An antarctic feeding triangle: Defensive interactions between macroalgae, sea urchins, and sea anemones

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 183, Issue , 1999, Pages 105-114

  Amsler, Charles D ^a   McClintock, James B ^a   Baker, Bill J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Chemical defense; Macroalgae; Mutualism; Physical defense; Sea anemones; Sea urchins

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; ECHINODERM; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MACROALGA; MUTUALISM;

ANTARCTICA;

ACTINIARIA; ECHINOIDEA; IRIDAEA CORDATA; ISOTEALIA ANTARCTICA; PHYLLOPHORA ANTARCTICA; STERECHINUS NEUMAYERI;

EID: 0033529372     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps183105     Document Type: Article

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