Wood-eating catfishes of the genus Panaque: Gut microflora and cellulolytic enzyme activities

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1069-1082

  Nelson, J A ^a   Wubah, D A ^a   Whitmer, M E ^b   Johnson, E A ^b   Stewart, D J ^c  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Loricariidae; Nutrition; Trophic ecology; Xylophagy

Indexed keywords

LIPOSARCUS; PANAQUE;

EID: 0033135686     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1999.0944     Document Type: Article

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