Digestive plasticity of the marine benthic omnivore Nereis virens

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-92

  Bock, Michael J ^a   Mayer, Lawrence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Digestive chemistry; Nereis virens; Plasticity; Variability

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMINO ACID; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; ESTERASE; PROTEINASE; SURFACTANT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; INTESTINE FLUID; MICELLE; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURFACE TENSION;

NEREIS VIRENS;

EID: 0033166008     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00050-7     Document Type: Article

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