The role of dissolved infochemicals in mediating predator-prey interactions in the heterotrophic dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 629-639

  Breckels, Mark N ^a,b   Roberts, Emily C ^c   Archer, Stephen D ^b   Malin, Gill ^d   Steinke, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chemical ecology; DMS; DMSP; grazing; infochemicals; microzooplankton; Oxyrrhis marina; phycosphere; trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; DINOFLAGELLATE; EXUDATION; GRAZING; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLITE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; OXYRRHIS MARINA;

EID: 79952681077     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq114     Document Type: Article

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