Nutrient availability affects pigment production but not growth in lichens of biological soil crusts

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2819-2826

  Bowker, Matthew A ^a   Koch, George W ^a   Belnap, Jayne ^b   Johnson, Nancy C ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Cryptogams; Cyanobacteria; Ecological restoration; Fatty acids; Micronutrient limitation; Stress tolerance; Structural equation model; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FAULT DETECTION; MANGANESE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRIENTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESTORATION; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

ARID LANDS; CRYPTOGAMS; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; FATTY ACIDS; MICRONUTRIENT LIMITATION; STRESS TOLERANCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL; SYMBIOSIS;

MANGANESE COMPOUNDS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CYANOBACTERIUM; FATTY ACID; FERN; GROWTH RATE; LICHEN; MANGANESE; MICROCOSM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CRUST; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SYMBIOSIS; TRACE ELEMENT;

COLLEMA; COLLEMA TENAX; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 53449095652     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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