The vertical microdistribution of cyanobacteria and green algae within desert crusts and the development of the algal crusts

Plant and Soil

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-111

  Hu, Chunxiang ^a,b   Zhang, Delu ^a   Huang, Zebo ^b   Liu, Yongding ^b  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Algal crust; Desert; Development; Fine structure; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; SOIL CRUST; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NINGXIA HUIZU; TENGGER DESERT;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DESMOCOCCUS; DESMOCOCCUS OLIVACEUS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; HANTZSCHIA AMPHIOXYS; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA CRYPTOVAGINATUS; MICROCOLEUS VAGINATUS; NAVICULA CRYPTOCEPHALA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC SP.; PHORMIDIUM TENUE; SCYTONEMA JAVANICUM;

EID: 0344530896     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026253307432     Document Type: Article

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