The content and contributions of deposited aeolian organic matter in a dry land ecosystem of the Negev Desert, Israel

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 769-776

  Zaady, E ^a   Offer, Z Y ^a   Shachak, M ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aeolian deposition; Arid landscape; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

AEOLIAN DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION;

ORGANIC MATTER; RAIN;

DESERT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; ISRAEL; LANDSCAPING; MOSS; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; SOIL;

ISRAEL;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; GASTROPODA; INSECTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0035217972     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00263-6     Document Type: Article

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