Competition between the invasive macrophyte Caulerpa taxifolia and the seagrass Posidonia oceanica: contrasting strategies |
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| Authors: | Gérard Pergent Charles-François Boudouresque Olivier Dumay Christine Pergent-Martini Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria |
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| Affiliation: | (1) UMR CNRS SPE 6134, University of Corsica, Faculty of Sciences, BP 52, 20250 Corte, France;(2) UMR CNRS DIMAR, University campus of Luminy, 13288, Marseilles cedex 9, France;(3) University of Washington, UW Botanic Gardens, Center for Urban Horticulture, Box 354115, Seattle, WA 98195, USA |
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Background Plant defense strategy is usually a result of trade-offs between growth and differentiation (i.e. Optimal Defense Theory – ODT, Growth Differentiation Balance hypothesis – GDB, Plant Apparency Theory – PAT). Interaction between the introduced green alga Caulerpa taxifolia and the endemic seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the Mediterranean Sea offers the opportunity to investigate the plausibility of these theories. We have accordingly investigated defense metabolite content and growth year-round, on the basis of an interaction gradient. |
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