Nitrogen fixation and leaching of biological soil crust communities in mesic temperate soils

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-196

  Veluci, Roberta M ^a,b   Neher, Deborah A ^a,c   Weicht, Thomas R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; LEACHING; MICROCLIMATE; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL CRUST; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

LUCAS COUNTY [OHIO]; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI;

NITRATE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOSYSTEM; LICHENS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BRYOPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; LICHENS; NITRATES; NITROGEN FIXATION; OHIO; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 33646377430     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-005-0121-3     Document Type: Article

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