Marine ecology — some chemical aspects

✍ Scribed by Paul J. Scheuer

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 595 KB
• Volume: 69
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0028-1042
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00463497

✦ Synopsis

Relationships among biota on tropical coral reefs are frequently governed by chemical phenomena. This article describes some of the ecological events that may lead to a human intoxication known as ciguatera, and a few examples of the survival strategy that is used by physically unprotected gastropod mollusks.