Comparison of anti-predatory defenses of Red Sea and Caribbean sponges. II. Physical defense

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 252, Issue , 2003, Pages 115-123

  Burns, E ^a   Ilan, M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fish; Physical defense; Porifera; Secondary metabolites; Skeleton; Spicules

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FISH; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPONGE;

CARIBBEAN SEA; RED SEA;

ALCYONACEA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CRELLA CYATOPHORA; PORIFERA; SUBERITES; SUBERITES CLAVATUS; THALASSOMA; THALASSOMA BIFASCIATUM; THALASSOMA KLUNZINGERI; THALASSOMA RUEPPELLII;

EID: 0038324040     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps252115     Document Type: Article

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