Macroalgal chemical defenses and their roles in structuring tropical marine communities

Algal Chemical Ecology

Volumn 9783540741817, Issue , 2008, Pages 25-55

  Pereira, Renato Crespo ^a   Da Gama, B A P ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS;

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; MARINE COMMUNITY; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPICAL SYSTEMS;

TROPICS;

EID: 71849084943     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74181-7_2     Document Type: Chapter

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