Demographic consequences of an ontogenetic shift by a sea urchin in response to host plant chemistry

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1355-1371

  Williamson, Jane E ^a,b   Carson, David G ^a   De Nys, Rocky ^a,c   Steinberg, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Delisea pulchra; Ecklonia radiata; Habitat preference; Herbivory; Holopneustes purpurascens; Life history; Macroalgae; Mesograzers; Plant herbivore interactions; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; ECHINODERM; HABITAT SELECTION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; DELISEA; DELISEA PULCHRA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; ECKLONIA; ECKLONIA RADIATA; HOLOPNEUSTES; HOLOPNEUSTES PURPURASCENS; INSECTA; MICROLEPIS; PARMA MICROLEPIS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 3042582445     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-4083     Document Type: Article

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