Cryptobiotic crusts of a seasonally inundated dune-pan system at Edwards Air Force Base, Western Mojave Desert, California

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 339-361

  Brostoff, William N ^a  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptobiotic crusts; Microcoleus; Mojave Desert; Southern California

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CRUST; CYANOBACTERIUM; DUNE;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; CRYPTOBACTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; MAMMALIA; MICROCOLEUS; MICROCOLEUS VAGINATUS;

EID: 0036656763     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2001.0965     Document Type: Article

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