Distribution and activity of hypolithic soil crusts in a hyperarid desert (Baja California, Mexico)

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-266

  Heckman, Katherine A ^a   Anderson, Wendy B ^a   Wait, D Alexander ^b  

^a DRURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen isotopes; Photosynthesis; Soil communities

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DESERT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; QUARTZ; ROCK; SOIL CRUST; SOIL NITROGEN;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SONORAN DESERT;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33751542667     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-006-0104-7     Document Type: Article

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