Microenvironments and microscale productivity of cyanobacterial desert crusts

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 774-782

  Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a   Belnap, Jayne ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b US National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; DESERT; PRODUCTIVITY;

USA, UTAH;

MICROCOLEUS VAGINATUS; NOSTOC; SCYTONEMA;

EID: 0030303424     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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