Experimental evidence of chemical deterrence against multiple herbivores in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 343, Issue , 2007, Pages 107-114

  Vergés, Adriana ^a   Becerro, Mikel A ^a   Alcoverro, Teresa ^a   Romero, Javier ^b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical defence; Herbivory; Macrophyte; Mediterranean Sea; Seagrasses

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; ECHINODERM; FEEDING; FISH; GASTROPOD; HERBIVORE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEAGRASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; ARBACIA; ARBACIA LIXULA; CERITHIUM VULGATUM; ECHINOIDEA; GASTROPODA; PARACENTROTUS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 34548393527     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06885     Document Type: Article

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