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Pedersen department of life sciences and chemistry, roskilde university, po box 260, 4000 roskilde, denmark. Amsler is a professor within the uab department of biology. This book is composed of 11 chapters that deal with the salient facts and theories that are encompassed by chemical ecology and the possible application of fundamental research in this area to. There are many advantages in using this method to study interactions between organisms and the environment and to assess the function and health of organisms at the molecular level. Written by an international panel, marine chemical ecology provides a conceptual synthesis and overview of the discipline. Marine ecology sean connell oxford university press. Written from the viewpoint of the practitioner, this book and its companion volume on chemical methods describe apparatus and methods, providing detailed discussions of the advantages and limitations of various techniques. The defensive part of the term chemical defense is often used to refer solely to predatordeterrence, but there are alternative defensive roles of invertebrate secondary metabolites, including antifouling and antiovergrowth functions. These chemical signals are important for maintaining stable community structures by regulating predatorprey interactions, establishing territories, and assisting in reproductive strategies. This can be everything from the behavior of viruses i.
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