Effect of unionized ammonia, viscosity and protozoan contamination on the enzyme activity of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 359-365

  De Araujo, A B ^a   Snell, T W ^b   Hagiwara, Atsushi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS;

EID: 0034055371     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2000.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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