The sea-hare Aplysia brasiliana promotes induction in chemical defense in the seaweed Laurencia dendroidea and in their congeneric neighbors
Renato Crespo Pereira, Nathália Nocchi, Marı́a L. Souto, José J. Fernández, Manuel Norte, Heitor Monteiro Duarte, Angélica Ribeiro Soares
Topics & Concepts
Chemical defenseHerbivoreAlgaeBiologyFoundation speciesAplysiaChemical ecologyPalatabilityMetabolomicsBotanyLaurenciaGrazingEcologyEcosystemFood scienceEvolutionary biologyBioinformaticsMarine and coastal plant biologySeaweed-derived Bioactive CompoundsEchinoderm biology and ecology