Does concentrating chemical defenses within specific regions of marine sponges result in enhanced protection from predators?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 687, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 289-297

  Freeman, Christopher J ^a   Gleason, Daniel F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical defense; Feeding assays; South Atlantic Bight; Temperate sponges

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLITE; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTION; SPONGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT;

APLYSINA FULVA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; IRCINIA CAMPANA; IRCINIA FELIX; PORIFERA;

EID: 84859157318     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0792-3     Document Type: Article

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