On the nutritive significance of dissolved free amino acid uptake for the cosmopolitan oligochaete Nais elinguis Muller (Naididae)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-91

  Petersen, S ^a   Arlt, G ^a   Faubel, A ^b   Carman, K R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish waters; Dissolved organic matter; Feeding; Oligochaeta; Respiration

Indexed keywords

NAIS ELINGUIS;

EID: 0031904874     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1997.0253     Document Type: Article

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