Articles tagged: allelopathy
- Deep dive
Soft Corals in the Reef Tank
A deep dive into soft corals: biology, main groups, lighting, flow, allelopathy, nutrients, mixed reef, propagation and troubleshooting.
- Practice
LPS, SPS, and Soft Corals in Practice
A practical guide to parameters, placement, allelopathy, feeding, and mixed-reef technique for each coral group.
- Deep dive
Cyanobacteria — Earth's oldest photosynthesiser in the reef ecosystem
Cyanobacterial evolution, nitrogen fixation, endoliths, holobiont role, toxins and allelopathy — the biological reality behind the practice article.
- Deep dive
Dinoflagellates — ecology, toxins and biological control
Why dinos are opportunists not invaders, Shewanella bacterium's algicidal activity, Dictyota allelopathy, ovatoxin biochemistry, cysts and why the biological control system collapses in aquariums.
- Practice
Allelopathy — chemical competition in a closed system
Allelopathy in the reef aquarium: where it comes from, how it manifests, and how to manage it with activated carbon, ozone and placement.
- Deep dive
Allelopathy — molecular-level chemical ecology
The biochemistry of allelopathy: terpenoid structure, the cembranoid family, macroalgal isoprenoids and the mechanism of action at the coral cell level.