Transcriptome and metabolite responses to predation in a South Pacific soft coral

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-328

  Hoover, Cindi A ^a,c   Slattery, Marc ^b   Targett, Nancy M ^c   Marsh, Adam G ^c  

^a BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; METABOLITE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION; SOFT CORAL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; SINULARIA POLYDACTYLA;

EID: 46449110854     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25470673     Document Type: Article

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