Microbiotic crust control of runoff generation on sand dunes in the Negev Desert

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Kidron, Giora J ^a   Yair, Aaron ^a   Vonshak, Ahuva ^b   Abeliovich, Aharon ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Chlorophyll; Microbiotic crust; Negev Desert; Runoff; Sand dunes

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BACTERIA; CARBOHYDRATES; MICROBIOLOGY; SAND; WATER RESOURCES;

RUNOFF GENERATION; SAND DUNES;

RUNOFF;

ARID REGION; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; DUNE; MOSS; RUNOFF;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 17044451169     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001561     Document Type: Article

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