Research progress on chemical defensive substances from soft corals and Gorgonians

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2320-2328

  Wang, Chang Yun ^a   Liu, Hai Yan ^a   Shao, Chang Lun ^a   Wang, Ya Nan ^a,b   Li, Liang ^a   Guan, Hua Shi ^a  

^a Ocean University of China   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical defense; Gorgonians; Marine chemical ecology; Soft corals

Indexed keywords

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; GORGONACEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79956262714     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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