Vulnerability of sea hares to fish predators: Importance of diet and fish species

Coral Reefs

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 320-324

  Pennings, Steven C ^a,b   Nastisch, Summer ^a,b   Paul, Valerie J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^b University of Georgia Marine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical defense; Cyanobacteria; Guam; Predation; Sea hare; Stylocheilus

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DIET; PREDATION; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ALGAE; ANASPIDEA; CYANOBACTERIA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; INVERTEBRATA; LABRIDAE; LEPUS; MULLIDAE; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; STYLOCHEILUS;

EID: 0035651592     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380100178     Document Type: Article

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