Is ambient chitobiase activity a monitoring tool for impacts on secondary production in lotic systems?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1274-1281

  Conley, Justin M ^a   Schorr, Mark S ^a   Hanson, Mark L ^b   Symes, Steven J ^a   Richards, Sean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CHITIN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOSKELETON; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; POLYMER; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOXICITY TEST; WATER DEPTH;

NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 70349548885     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-092     Document Type: Article

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