Allelopathic interactions between the brown algal genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) and scleractinian corals

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Vieira, Christophe ^a,b,c   Thomas, Olivier P ^d,e   Culioli, Gérald ^d,e,f   Genta Jouve, Grégory ^g   Houlbreque, Fanny ^a   Gaubert, Julie ^a,d   De Clerck, Olivier ^b   Payri, Claude E ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; BROWN ALGA; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FRACTIONATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALLELOPATHY; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ECOSYSTEM; PHAEOPHYTA;

EID: 84953223129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep18637     Document Type: Article

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