Antipredatory secosterols from the octocoral Pseudopterogorgia americana

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 329, Issue , 2007, Pages 307-310

  Epifanio, Rosângela De A ^a   Maia, Lenize F ^a,d   Pawlik, Joseph R ^b   Fenical, William ^c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical defense; Feeding deterrents; Gorgonaceae; Octocorallia; Pseudopterogorgia americana; Secosterols

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANTIFEEDANT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; SOFT CORAL; STEROL; SYMBIOSIS;

ALCYONARIA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PISCES; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA AMERICANA;

EID: 33846941233     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps329307     Document Type: Article

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