Hydroid defenses against predators: The importance of secondary metabolites versus nematocysts

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 280-288

  Stachowicz, John J ^a,c   Lindquist, Niels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical defense; Hydroids; Nematocyst; Predation; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; HYDROID; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEMATOCYST; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; UNITED STATES;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; PALATABILITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CORYDENDRIUM PARASITICUM; EUDENDRIUM CARNEUM; HALOCORDYLE DISTICHA; HYDRACTINIA SYMBIOLONGICARPUS; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; LAGODON RHOMBOIDES; TRIDENTATA MARGINATA; TUBULARIA CROCEA;

EID: 0033896157     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000372     Document Type: Article

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