Behavioural modifications imposed to the ciliate protist Euplotes crassus by caulerpenyne: The major toxic terpenoid of the green seaweed, Caulerpa taxifolia

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 290-303

  Ricci, Nicola ^a   Capovani, Chiara ^a   Dini, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caulerpa; Caulerpenyne; Ethogram; Euplotes

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES CRASSUS; MONEUPLOTES CRASSUS; PROTISTA;

EID: 0033569572     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(99)80007-8     Document Type: Article

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