Idiosyncratic responses of seagrass phenolic production following sea urchin grazing

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 466, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-92

  Steele, LaTina ^a,b,c   Valentine, John F ^a,b  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical deterrent; Condensed tannins; Grazing; Halodule wrightii; Herbivory; Induced defense; Lytechinus variegatus; Thalassia testudinum

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIFEEDANT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECHINODERM; FEEDING; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; MACROALGA; PATHOGEN; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEAGRASS; TANNIN;

EID: 84867528888     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09921     Document Type: Article

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