Cryptic species, cryptic endosymbionts, and geographical variation in chemical defences in the bryozoan Bugula neritina.

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Molecular markers often offer the only means to discriminate between species and to elucidate the specificity of many community interactions, both of which are key to the understanding of ecological patterns. Western Atlantic populations of the bryozoan Bugula neritina vary in the palatability of their larvae to predators: individuals south of Cape Hatteras produce chemical deterrents to fish predators that are...

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