Activated defense systems in marine macroalgae: Evidence for an ecological role for DMSP cleavage

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 213, Issue , 2001, Pages 53-65

  Van Alstyne, Kathryn L ^a   Wolfe, Gordon V ^b   Freidenburg, Tess L ^c   Neill, Anna ^a   Hicken, Corrine ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrylic acid; Activated defenses; DMSP; Herbivory; Macroalgae

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CLEAVAGE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

ACROSIPHONIA COALITA; CODIUM FRAGILE; ENTEROMORPHA INTESTINALIS; ENTEROMORPHA LINZA; IDOTEA WOSNESENSKII; POLYSIPHONIA HENDRYI; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS; ULVA CALIFORNICA; ULVA FENESTRATA; ULVA TAENIATA;

EID: 0035804617     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps213053     Document Type: Article

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