Importance of food quality on selected enzyme activities in earthworm casts (Dendrobaena octaedra, Lumbricidae)

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 8-9, 2000, Pages 1191-1196

  Flegel, Martin ^a   Schrader, Stefan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cast production; Earthworms; Enzyme activity; Food consumption; Nitrogen; Organic carbon; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DENDROBAENA OCTAEDRA; EARTHWORM CAST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SOURCE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHATASE; SOIL QUALITY;

EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD QUALITY; WORM CAST;

LUMBRICIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA;

EID: 0033858476     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(00)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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