Cyanobacterial microbiotic crusts in eroded soils of a tropical dry forest in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 505-518

  Maya, Yolanda ^a   López Cortés, Alejandro ^a   Soeldner, Al ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Calothrix; Cyanobacteria; Microcoleus; Nitrogen fixation; Phormidium; Scytonema; Soil crusts; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; DRY FOREST; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL CRUST; SOIL EROSION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

MEXICO;

CALOTHRIX; CALOTHRIX ELENKINII; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCOLEUS; MICROCOLEUS PALUDOSUS; MICROCOLEUS SOCIATUS; MICROCOLEUS VAGINATUS; NOSTOC; NOSTOC COMMUNE; NOSTOC MICROSCOPICUM; PHORMIDIUM; PHORMIDIUM SP.; SCYTONEMA; SCYTONEMA OCELLATUM;

EID: 0036752750     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450290098469     Document Type: Article

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