Specificity of inducible seaweed anti-herbivory defences depends on identity of macroalgae and herbivores

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 354, Issue , 2008, Pages 97-105

  Molis, Markus ^a   Körner, Jochen ^b   Young, Wook Ko ^c   Jeong, Ha Kim ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemical extracts; Consumption; Macroalgae; Plant animal interaction; Republic of Korea

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; BROWN ALGA; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GREEN ALGA; HERBIVORE; LABORATORY METHOD; MACROALGA; METHANE; PALATABILITY; SEAWEED; SNAIL;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CHLOROPHYTA; GASTROPODA; HALIOTIDAE; HALIOTIS DISCUS; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA JAPONICA; LITTORINA BREVICULA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; ULVA; ULVA PERTUSA;

EID: 39049147347     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07255     Document Type: Article

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