Chemical defenses of the endemic Brazilian gorgonian Lophogorgia violacea Pallas (Octocorallia, Gorgonacea)

The chemical defenses of the Brazilian gorgonian octocoral Lophogorgia violacea Pallas have been investigated using feeding preference experiments performed in situ with an ecologically relevant, natural assemblage of predatory fishes. Feeding experiments incorporating the crude extract of the anima...

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Main Authors: Epifanio Rosângela de A., Maia Lenize F., Fenical William
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2000-01-01
Series:Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532000000600006