Anti‑predatory chemical defences in Antarctic benthic fauna

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Moles, J., Núñez-Pons, L., Taboada, S. (Sergi), Figuerola, B., Cristobo, J. (Javier), Ávila, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón 2015
• Subjects: Antarctica; Benthic fauna; Chemical defences; Antarctic; Bouvet; Bouvet Island; South Shetland Islands; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; antartic*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/9625; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-015-2714-9

Antarctic benthic communities are largely structured by predation, which leads to the development of mechanisms of repellence. Among those mechanisms, chemical defences are quite extensive, yet poorly understood. To increase knowledge about the role of chemical defences in the Southern Ocean ecosyst...