University of North Carolina Wilmington

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Environment

A Fish-feeding Laboratory Bioassay to Assess the Antipredatory Activity of Secondary Metabolites from the Tissues of Marine Organisms

Micah J. Marty¹, Joseph R. Pawlik¹

¹Department of Biology and Marine Biology and Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington

This bioassay employs a model predatory fish to assess the presence of feeding-deterrent metabolites from organic extracts of the tissues of marine organisms at natural concentrations using a nutritionally comparable food matrix.