Feeding-deterrent properties of diterpenes of Dictyota mertensii (Phaeophyceae, Dictyotales)

Crude extracts of the brown seaweed Dictyota mertensii (Martius) Kützing collected at two distant and different places on the Brazilian coast, Búzios (Rio de Janeiro) and Fernando de Noronha (PE), were evaluated for defensive chemistry against the crab Pachygrapsus transversus, and the sea urchin Ly...

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Main Authors: Magui Aparecida Vallim, Valéria Laneuville Teixeira, Renato Crespo Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2007-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592007000300006

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