Digestive environments of benthic macroinvertebrate guts: Enzymes, surfactants and dissolved organic matter

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 785-812

  Mayer, Lawrence M ^a   Schick, Linda L ^a   Self, Robert F L ^b   Jumars, Peter A ^b   Findlay, Robert H ^c   Chen, Zhen ^a   Sampson, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001544582     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240973224247     Document Type: Article

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