Chemical defense of brown algae (Dictyopteris spp.) against the herbivorous amphipod Ampithoe longimana

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 515-521

  Schnitzler, Iris ^a   Pohnert, Georg ^a   Hay, Mark ^b   Boland, Wilhelm ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

(5Z,E) 9 oxonona 5,7 dienoic acid; Lipoxins; Marine chemical ecology; Plant herbivore interactions; Sulfur metabolites

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD PREFERENCE; HERBIVORY; SEAWEED;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; AMPITHOE; AMPITHOE LONGIMANA; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DICTYOPTERIS; DICTYOPTERIS MEMBRANACEA; EUKARYOTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0035030989     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000546     Document Type: Article

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