Defensive Metabolites from Antarctic Invertebrates: Does Energetic Content Interfere with Feeding Repellence?

Many bioactive products from benthic invertebrates mediating ecological interactions have proved to reduce predation, but their mechanisms of action, and their molecular identities, are usually unknown. It was suggested, yet scarcely investigated, that nutritional quality interferes with defensive m...

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Main Authors: Laura Núñez-Pons, Conxita Avila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-06-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/12/6/3770