Determination of digestive enzyme kinetics: a new method to define trophic niches in freshwater snails

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-40

  Brendelberger, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enzyme kinetics; Feeding ecology; Freshwater gastropods; Method; Natural food

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BASOMMATOPHORA; BITHYNIA TENTACULATA; GASTROPODA; RADIX PEREGRA; TENTACULATA;

EID: 0031022935     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050055     Document Type: Article

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