Chemical defenses of the sacoglossan mollusk Elysia rufescens and its host alga Bryopsis sp.

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2287-2299

  Becerro, Mikel A ^a,b   Goetz, Gilles ^a   Paul, Valerie J ^b   Scheuer, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

Author keywords

Antipredatory role; Bryopsis sp.; Depsipeptides; Elysia rufescens; Green algae; Herbivore prey relationship; Kahalalide F; Sacoglossan mollusks

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DEPSIPEPTIDE; DITERPENOID; KAHALALIDE F; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; GREEN ALGA; MOLLUSC;

ADAPTATION; ALGA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DEPSIPEPTIDES; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; MOLLUSCA; PEPTIDES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; BRYOPSIS; CHLOROPHYTA; ELYSIA; ELYSIA RUFESCENS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0035161213     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012287105923     Document Type: Article

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