Macroalgal terpenes function as allelopathic agents against reef corals

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 43, 2011, Pages 17726-17731

  Rasher, Douglas B ^a   Stout, E Paige ^a   Engel, Sebastian ^a   Kubanek, Julia ^a   Hay, Mark E ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Chemical ecology; Competition; Phase shift

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHIC AGENT; DITERPENE; LOLIOLIDE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ACROPORA; ALLELOPATHY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLEACHING; CHLORODESMIS FASTIGIATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GALAXAURA FILAMENTOSA; GREEN ALGA; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MACROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CORAL REEFS; FIJI; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWEED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERPENES;

ACROPORA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CHLORODESMIS FASTIGIATA; CHLOROPHYTA; GALAXAURA FILAMENTOSA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 80055090766     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1108628108     Document Type: Article

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