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Alkaloids and ascidian chemical defense: evidence for the ecological role of natural products from Eudistoma olivaceum
| Title: | Alkaloids and ascidian chemical defense: evidence for the ecological role of natural products from Eudistoma olivaceum. |
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| Name(s): |
Davis, A. R., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1991 | |
| Publisher: | Springer | |
| Extent: | 6 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3351175 (digitool), FADT3351175 (IID), fau:6493 (fedora), 10.1007/BF01319409 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
The surface of the colonial ascidian Eudistoma olivaceum (Van Name) is almost completely free of fouling organisms. I provide evidence that this epibiont-free surface is maintained by the alkaloids, Eudistomins G and H. These alkaloids were extracted from colonies collected in the shallow subtidal of Indian River Lagoon, Florida. USA, in November 1987. Concentrations of less than one-fifth of those found in the living ascidian inhibited the settlement of the larvae of five invertebrate species relative to appropriate controls in laboratory and field trials. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Davis, A. R. (1991). Alkaloids and ascidian chemical defense: evidence for the ecological role of natural products from Eudistoma olivaceum. Marine Biology, 111(3), 375-379. doi:10.1007/BF01319409 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #865. |
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| Subject(s): |
Sea squirts Ascidians Alkaloids Animal chemical defenses Fouling organisms |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3351175 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01319409 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1991 Springer | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
