Seaweed-herbivore interactions at a small scale: Direct tests of feeding deterrence by filamentous algae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 323, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-9

  Paul, Nicholas A ^a,b   De Nys, Rocky ^b   Steinberg, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asparagopsis; Functional form; Mesograzer; Resistance; Secondary metabolite; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; ANTIFEEDANT; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SEAWEED; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ALGAE; ANASPIDEA; ANOTRICHIUM TENUE; APLYSIA; APLYSIA PARVULA; ASPARAGOPSIS; ASPARAGOPSIS ARMATA; CALLITHAMNION; HALIOTIS CORRUGATA; HALIOTIS RUBRA; HYALE; RHODOPHYTA; ULVA;

EID: 33750630858     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps323001     Document Type: Article

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