Chemical warfare among scleractinians: Bioactive natural products from Tubastraea faulkneri Wells kill larvae of potential competitors

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-160

  Koh, Esther G L ^a,b,c   Sweatman, Hugh ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Antimicrobial; Aplysinopsin; Bioactive metabolites; Scleractinian coral larvae; Tubastraea faulkneri

Indexed keywords

INDOLE ALKALOID;

ALLELOCHEMICAL; CORAL; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SEA ANEMONE;

EID: 0034734304     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00222-7     Document Type: Article

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