Extrinsic factors influencing phlorotannin production in the brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 193, Issue , 2000, Pages 285-294

  Pavia, Henrik ^a   Brock, Elisabet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum; Brown algae; Herbivory; Inducible chemical defence; Littorina obtusata; Nitrogen; Phlorotannins; Polyphenolics; UV B radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION;

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; EUKARYOTA; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA OBTUSATA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0034723891     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps193285     Document Type: Article

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