Primary succession of algal community structure in desert soil

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 917-924

  Hu, Chun Xiang ^a,b   Liu, Yong Ding ^b  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Algae; Community structure; Desert soil; Primary succession

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERT SOIL; PRIMARY SUCCESSION;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; PHORMIDIUM; PHORMIDIUM TENUE; SCYTONEMA; SCYTONEMA JAVANICUM;

EID: 0141760427     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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