An extraction method for nematodes in decomposition studies using the minicontainer-method

Plant and Soil

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-116

  Lenz, Ralf ^a   Eisenbeis, Gerhard ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystem; Biomonitoring; Decomposition; Extraction; Minicontainer; Nematoda

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EXTRACTION; EXTRACTION METHOD; MINICONTAINER; MINICONTAINER METHOD; SOIL LITTER;

NEMATODA;

EID: 0031934539     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004372228844     Document Type: Article

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