Ecological roles of natural products of the Brazilian red seaweed Laurencia obtusa
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Ecological roles of natural products of the Brazilian red seaweed Laurencia obtusa.
Laboratory and field experiments were performed to assess the ecological roles of natural products produced by the Brazilian red seaweed Laurencia obtusa. Laboratory assays revealed that the natural concentration of the crude organic extract of L. obtusa significantly inhibited feeding by two herbivores: the crab Pachygrapsus transversus and the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus. It was verified...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Biology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1519-6984
DOI: 10.1590/s1519-69842003000400013