Copper contamination impairs herbivore initiation of seaweed inducible defenses and decreases their effectiveness

Here, we investigated the effect of copper contamination on the interactions between a snail herbivore and a brown seaweed that displays inducible resistance to grazing. We examined seaweed inducible resistance and its effectiveness for organisms exposed to copper at two time points, either during induction or after herbivores had already induced seaweed defenses.

本研究探究了铜污染对植食性螺类与具有诱导型抗牧食特性的褐藻之间相互作用的影响。我们分别在褐藻诱导抗性的诱导过程中，以及植食动物已诱导褐藻形成防御机制后的两个时间点，检测了褐藻的诱导抗性及其对暴露于铜污染环境中的生物的防御效能。