REU: Quantitative Aspects of Seaweed Chemical Defense: Complex Interactions of Environment, Seaweed Chemistry and Resistance to Herbivory

海藻是代谢物的丰富来源， 防御食草动物，并有潜在的应用， 药物、农用化学品和生长调节物质。 了解环境因素如何影响 这些产品的可变性可能具有重要的影响， 可能有助于确定人类对近岸环境的影响 会影响藻类和它们的捕食者之间的互动。 海博士和芬尼克博士将评估 压力与藻类对捕食的抵抗力相互作用， 检查过程的可变性。

Marine algae are rich sources of metabolites that function as defenses against herbivores and have potential applications as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and growth regulating substances. An understanding of how environmental factors contribute to the variability of these products may have important implications and may help determine how man's impact on the nearshore environment will affect the interaction between algae and their predators. Drs. Hay and Fenical will assess how physical and biological stresses interact with the algae's resistance to predation and examine the variability of the process.