Associational resistance of fouled blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) against starfish (Asterias rubens) predation: Relative importance of structural and chemical properties of the epibionts

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 162-167

  Laudien, Jürgen ^a   Wahl, Martin ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Associational resistance; Asterias rubens; Epibiosis; Mytilus edulis; Structural vs. chemical defence

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BENTHOS; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; EPIBIOSIS; PREDATION RISK;

ALGAE; ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTEROIDEA; BALANUS; BALANUS IMPROVISUS; CERAMIUM; CERAMIUM STRICTUM; HALICHONDRIA; HALICHONDRIA PANICEA; HYDROZOA; LAOMEDEA; LAOMEDEA FLEXUOSA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; RHODOPHYTA; THORACICA;

EID: 8144222446     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-004-0181-7     Document Type: Article

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