Do brominated natural products defend marine worms from consumers? Some do, most don't

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 430-441

  Kicklighter, C E ^a   Kubanek, J ^a   Hay, M E ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUND; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; PALATABILITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

FLORIDA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SIMILIS; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; HEMICHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS; PISCES; PORTUNIDAE; SACCOGLOSSUS; SACCOGLOSSUS KOWALEVSKII; SIPUNCULUS NUDUS;

EID: 2142787977     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.2.0430     Document Type: Article

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