The effect of biological soil crusts on throughput of rainwater and N into Lake Michigan sand dune soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 235-251

  Thiet, Rachel K ^a,b   Boerner, R E J ^a   Nagy, Moria ^c,e   Jardine, Richard ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^c JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KEENE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Cyanobacteria; Ecosystem N budget; N fixation; Rainwater throughput; Sand dunes

Indexed keywords

DUNE; NITROGEN; RAINWATER; SOIL CRUST;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 32644451441     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-8550-9     Document Type: Article

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