Microbiotic crusts and their interrelations with environmental factors in the Gurbantonggut desert, western China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 691-700

  Chen, Y N ^a   Wang, Q ^b   Li, W H ^a   Ruan, X ^b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Distribution; Environmental explanation; Gurbantonggut Desert; Microbiotic crust

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SOILS; STABILITY; TEXTURES;

DUNE SLOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLANATION; GURBANTONGGUT DESERTS; MICROBIOTIC CRUST;

GEOLOGY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DUNE; ENCRUSTATION; ENCRUSTING ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GURBANTUNGGUT DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 34247619782     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0505-9     Document Type: Article

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