Costs and benefits of chemical defence in the Red Alga Bonnemaisonia hamifera.

A number of studies have shown that the production of chemical defences is costly in terrestrial vascular plants. However, these studies do not necessarily reflect the costs of defence production in macroalgae, due to structural and functional differences between vascular plants and macroalgae. Usin...

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Main Authors: Göran M Nylund, Swantje Enge, Henrik Pavia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23585886/?tool=EBI