Tolerance of two tubificid species (Tubifex tubifex and Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri) to hypoxic and sulfidic conditions in novel, long-term experiments

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-38

  Volpers, Markus ^a   Neumann, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defecation rate; Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri; O 2 deficiency tolerance; Profundal simulator; Sulfide tolerance; Tubifex tubifex

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHY; HYPOXIA; SULFIDE; TOLERANCE;

LIMNODRILUS HOFFMEISTERI; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 27144436217     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2005/0164-0013     Document Type: Article

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