Chemical defenses in the sea hare Aplysia parvula: Importance of diet and sequestration of algal secondary metabolites

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 215, Issue , 2001, Pages 261-274

  Ginsburg, D W ^a   Paul, V J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

Author keywords

Antipredator chemical defense; Apakaochtodene A and B; Aplysia; Guam; Portieria; Sea hare; Tri trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DIET; HERBIVORY; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ACANTHOPHORA SPICIFERA; APLYSIA PARVULA; GASTROPODA; PORTIERIA HORNEMANNII;

EID: 0035978251     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps215261     Document Type: Article

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