Chemical defenses, nutritional quality, and structural components in three sponge species: Ircinia felix, I. campana, and Aplysina fulva

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1083-1093

  Freeman, Christopher J ^a   Gleason, Daniel F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREDATION RISK; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPONGE; TRADE-OFF;

APLYSINA FULVA; INVERTEBRATA; IRCINIA; IRCINIA CAMPANA; IRCINIA FELIX; PORIFERA;

EID: 77952423173     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1389-5     Document Type: Article

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