Complementary (secondary) metabolites in a soft coral: Sex-specific variability, inter-clonal variability, and competition

Marine Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-218

  Fleury, Beatriz ^a   Coll, John ^b   Sammarco, Paul ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcyonacea; Allelopathy; Clone; Competition; Reproduction; Sex

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; COLONY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARENTAL CARE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOFT CORAL; SPAWNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA ROBUSTA; ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; SARCOPHYTON GLAUCUM; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 33749369837     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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