Assessing the antipredatory defensive strategies of Caribbean non-scleractinian zoantharians (Cnidaria): Is the sting the only thing?

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 389-398

  Hines, David E ^a   Pawlik, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CORAL REEF; CRUSTACEAN; PERCIFORM; POLYP; PROTEIN; TRADE-OFF;

BAHAMAS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

ACTINARIA; ACTINIARIA; ANTHOZOA; ARTEMIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CNIDARIA; CORALLIMORPHARIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SCLERACTINIA; THALASSOMA BIFASCIATUM; ZOANTHARIA; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 84856007392     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1816-2     Document Type: Article

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