The effects of nematodes on bacterial activity and abundance in a freshwater sediment

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 118-122

  Traunspurger, Walter ^a   Bergtold, Matthias ^a   Goedkoop, Willem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial activity; Freshwater sediment; Microcosms; Nematoda

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; MICROCOSM; NEMATODE COMMUNITY;

APHELENCHUS AVENAE; CAENORHABIDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030964530     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050291     Document Type: Article

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