Oligochaetes and eutrophication; an experiment over four years in outdoor mesocosms

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 334, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 169-183

  Verdonschot, Piet F M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ditch; eutrophication; large scale experiment; nitrogen; Oligochaete; oxygen; phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 0030456531     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00017367     Document Type: Conference Paper

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