The potential role of wound-activated volatile release in the chemical defence of the brown alga Dictyota dichotoma: Blend recognition by marine herbivores

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 403-412

  Wiesemeier, Theresa ^a   Hay, Mark ^b   Pohnert, Georg ^a,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activated defence; Dictyotales; Dimethylsulphide; Mass spectrometry; Solid phase micro extraction; Trimethylamine

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOASSAY; BROWN ALGA; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; HERBIVORE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; REPELLENT; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WOUNDING;

ALGAE; AMPITHOE LONGIMANA; DICTYOTA DICHOTOMA; DICTYOTALES; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 35148894195     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-007-0889-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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