Ecological Roles of Marine Natural Products / Valerie J. Paul.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Paul, Valerie J., Editor.

Series:

Explorations in Chemical Ecology Series

Explorations in Chemical Ecology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature Guides & Natural History.

Local Subjects:

Nature Guides & Natural History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.) : 3 charts

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book, one of the first devoted solely to the chemical ecology of marine organisms, reviews recent research on the ecological functions of marine metabolites and proposes future directions for marine chemical ecology—a new, rapidly evolving field in which biological and chemical studies go hand in hand.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Contributors

Introduction

Chapter 1. Seaweed Chemical Defenses on Coral Reefs

Chapter 2. Geographical Variation in the Interaction between Marine Herbivores and Brown Algal Secondary Metabolites

Chapter 3. The Role of Seaweed Chemical Defenses in the Evolution of Feeding Specialization and in the Mediation of Complex Interactions

Chapter 4. Chemical Defenses of Marine Molluscs

Chapter 5. Chemical Defenses of Benthic Marine Invertebrates

Chapter 6. Induction of Marine Invertebrate Larval Settlement: Evidence for Chemical Cues

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

1-5017-3743-0

OCLC:

1178769513