Cellulase activity in meiobenthos in wetlands

Fisheries Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-137

  Toyohara, Haruhiko ^a   Park, Younghwa ^a   Tsuchiya, Kanako ^a   Liu, Wen ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Cellulose; Meiobenthos; Sediment; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; HARPACTICOIDA; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TURBELLARIA;

EID: 84855332713     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12562-011-0417-9     Document Type: Article

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