Chemical defenses and resource trade-offs structure sponge communities on Caribbean coral reefs

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

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4151-4156

  Loh, Tse Lynn ^a,b   Pawlik, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b Shedd Aquarium Daniel P Haerther Center for Conservation and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; Community structure; Indirect effects; Marine protected areas; Trophic dynamics

Indexed keywords

AIOLOCHROIA CRASSA; AMPHIMEDON COMPRESSA; APLYSINA CAULIFORMIS; ARTICLE; CALLYSPONGIA ARMIGERA; CALLYSPONGIA VAGINALIS; CAYMAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; CURACAO; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FISHING; IOTROCHOTA BIROTULATA; JAMAICA; MARTINIQUE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MYCALE LAEVIS; NIPHATES ERECTA; NONHUMAN; POMACANTHUS ARCUATUS; POMACANTHUS PARU; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPARISOMA AUROFRENATUM; SPARISOMA VIRIDE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPONGE (PORIFERA); XESTOSPONGIA MUTA;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INDIRECT EFFECTS; MARINE PROTECTED AREAS; TROPHIC DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CORAL REEFS; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORIFERA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEST INDIES;

EID: 84896509495     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321626111     Document Type: Article

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