Population energetics of bacterial-feeding nematodes: Carbon and nitrogen budgets

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1183-1194

  Ferris, H ^a   Venette, R C ^a   Lau, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIVOROUS NEMATODE; CARBON; CARBON:NITROGEN RATIO; ENERGETICS; NEMATODE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; POPULATION ENERGETICS; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL BACTERIA;

ACROBELOIDES BODENHEIMERI; BURSILLA LABIATA; CEPHALOBUS PERSEGNIS; CRUZNEMA TRIPARTITUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEMATODA; RHABDITIS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 0030852090     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00035-7     Document Type: Article

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