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J Phycol. 2008 Feb;44(1):85-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00451.x.

ANTIFEEDING DEFENSE IN BALTIC MACROALGAE: INDUCTION BY DIRECT GRAZING VERSUS WATERBORNE CUES(1).

Journal of phycology

Sven Rohde, Martin Wahl

Affiliations

  1. Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Duesternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany.

PMID: 27041044 DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00451.x

Abstract

The prevalence of antigrazing defense induction and the cues triggering induction in marine macroalgae are generally not well understood. We examined the capacity of defense and the mechanisms of regulation in five common perennial macroalgal species from the Baltic Sea, Furcellaria lumbricalis (Huds.) J. V. Lamour., Delesseria sanguinea (Huds.) J. V. Lamour., Phyllophora pseudoceranoides (S. G. Gmel.) Newroth et A. R. A. Taylor, Fucus serratus L., and Fucus evanescens C. Agardh. Specifically, we investigated whether direct feeding and/or waterborne cues from feeding on neighboring conspecifics decreased the palatability of the tested algae. Direct feeding by the local isopod Idotea baltica triggered the induction of chemical defense in Fur. lumbricalis, D. sanguinea, P. pseudoceranoides, F. serratus, and F. evanescens. Conversely, we did not find any evidence for waterborne cues associated with feeding to trigger defense induction in neighboring conspecifics.

© 2008 Phycological Society of America.

Keywords: Baltic Sea; Delesseria sanguinea; Fucus; Furcellaria lumbricalis; Idotea baltica; alga-herbivore interactions; defense induction; herbivory; waterborne cues

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