Fucus distichus

Alga, Fucus distichus distance from lead deposit 1 km 1 DW 10... 

T uomi J, Niemela P, Chapin FS, Bryant JP, Siren S (1988) Defensive responses of trees in relation to their carbon/nutrient balance. In Mattson JB (ed) Mechanisms of woody plant defense against insects search for patterns. Springer, New York, pp 57-72 Van Alstyne KL (1988) Herbivore grazing increases polyphenolic defenses in the intertidal brown alga Fucus distichus. Ecology 69 655-663... 

Van Alstyne 1988 Fucus distichus Fucales Simulated herbivory Phlorotannins... 

Cover illustration The brown alga Fucus distichus and associated grazing periwinkles Littorina sitkana and L. scutulata. (Photo Charles D. Amsler)... 

Vanadium bromoperoxidase (V-BrPO) has been isolated from many species of marine brown algae, including A. nodosum [1,26,27], Laminaria saccharina [28], Fucus distichus [29], and Macrocystis pyrifera [29] the red algae Ceramium rubrum [30] and C. pilulifera [31] and a terrestrial lichen, Xanthoria parie-tina [32],... 

Confirmation of the presence of four arsenosugars, a class of compounds found in other marine macroalgae (Francesconi and Edmonds, 1997), was reported in a study of the marine brown alga Fucus distichus (Harrington et at., 1997). 

Harrington, C.F., Ojo, A.A., Lai, VW.-M., Reimer, K.J. and Cullen, W.R. (1997) The identification of some water-soluble arsenic species in the marine brown algae Fucus distichus. Appl. Organomet. Chem., 11, 931—940. 

Van Alstyne, K. L., Herbivore grazing increases polyphenolic defenses in the intertidal brown alga Fucus distichus, Ecology, 69, 655, 1988. 

Van Alstyne, K.L., Adventitious branching as a herbivore-induced defense and the intertidal brown alga Fucus distichus, Mar. Ecol. Prog. Sen, 56, 169, 1989. 

Pearson, G.A. and Brawley, S.H., Reproductive ecology of Fucus distichus (Phaeophyceae) an intertidal alga with successful external fertilization, Mar. Ecol. Prog. Sen, 143, 211, 1996. 

Malins DC, Roubal WT (1982) Aryl sulfate formation in sea urchins (Strogylocentrotusdroebachiensis) ingesting marine algae (Fucus distichus) containing 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene. Env Res 27 290-297 Malins DC, Collier TK, Sanborn HR (1979) Disposition and metabolism of aromatic hydrocarbons in marine organisms. In Khan MAQ, Lech JJ, Menn JJ (eds) Pesticide and xenobiotic metabolism in aquatic organisms. Am Chem Soc Ser 99 57-75... 

BUan, Ml Grachev, AA Ustuzhanina, NE Shashkov, AS Nifantiev, NE Usov, AI A highly regular fraction of a fucoidan from the brown seaweed Fucus distichus L. Carbohydrate Research, 2004, 339, 511-517. 

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