Cyanobacterial crust and soil particle detachment: A rain-chamber experiment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 2989-2994

  Hill, R D ^a   Nagarkar, Sanjay ^a   Jayawardena, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Artificial rain; Cyanobacteria; Erosion cups; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; EROSION; RAIN; SOILS;

PARTICLE DETACHMENTS;

HYDROLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIUM; RAINFALL; SOIL CRUST; SOIL EROSION; WATER EROSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0037202144     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1082     Document Type: Article

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