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A modified allomone collecting apparatus

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A modified allomone collecting apparatus was designed that could be used under water with a scuba tank. This apparatus provides a simple method of obtaining naturally secreted chemicals from benthic marine organisms at scuba depths, for the first time without the necessity of using a bilge pump. Organic material from Sep-paks in the allomone collector confirmed the release of secondary metabolites from a soft coral into the surrounding water.

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  1. College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York Syracuse, 13210, New York

    Bruce A. Schulte

  2. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, James Cook University of North Queensland Townsville, Q 4812, Australia

    Rocky De Nys

  3. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, 90089-0371, Los Angeles, California

    Gerald J. Bakus

  4. Department of Chemistry, Institute of Marine Sciences University of California, Santa Cruz, 95064, Santa Cruz, California

    Philip Crews, Clark Eid, Stephen Naylor & Lawrence V. Manes

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Schulte, B.A., De Nys, R., Bakus, G.J. et al. A modified allomone collecting apparatus. J Chem Ecol 17, 1327–1332 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00983765

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