Within-plant variation in palatability and chemical defenses in the green seaweed Avrainvillea elliottii

Botanica Marina

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-25

  Lima, Leonardo Martha De S ^a   Alor, Rosemarie ^b   Uriostegui, Ricardo ^b   Murray, Steven N ^b   Pereira, Renato C ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avrainvillea elliottii; Chemical defense; Green seaweeds; Herbivory; Lytechinus variegatus

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; ECHINODERM; HERBIVORY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MACROALGA; SEAWEED;

ALGAE; AVRAINVILLEA; ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 38849112493     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2008.001     Document Type: Article

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