Molecular quantification of slug density in the soil using monoclonal antibodies

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2903-2909

  McKemey, A R ^a,c   Glen, D M ^b,d   Wiltshire, C W ^b,e   Symondson, W O C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Insect Investigations Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Styloma Research and Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^e Arion Ecology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ELISA; Mollusc biomass; Monoclonal antibody; Population monitoring; Soil molecular markers; Subterranean foodwebs

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL MECHANICS;

MOLLUSC BIOMASS; POPULATION MONITORING; SOIL MOLECULAR MARKERS; SUBTERRANEAN FOODWEBS;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ANTIBODY; BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; GENETIC MARKER; IMMUNOASSAY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLUG; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 34548120135     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.04.050     Document Type: Article

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