Simple growth patterns can create complex trajectories for the ontogeny of constitutive chemical defences in seaweeds.

All of the theory and most of the data on the ecology and evolution of chemical defences derive from terrestrial plants, which have considerable capacity for internal movement of resources. In contrast, most macroalgae--seaweeds--have no or very limited capacity for resource translocation, meaning t...

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Main Authors: Nicholas A Paul, Carl Johan Svensson, Rocky de Nys, Peter D Steinberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3907451?pdf=render