Influence of dew on biomass and photosystem II activity of cyanobacterial crusts in the Hopq Desert, northwest China

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2387-2393

  Rao, Benqiang ^a,b,c   Liu, Yongding ^a   Wang, Weibo ^a,c   Hu, Chunxiang ^a   Dunhai, Li ^a   Lan, Shubin ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b XINYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Biomass; Cyanobacteria; Desertification; Dew; Hopq Desert; Photosynthetic activity; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST; CYANOBACTERIA; DESERTIFICATION; DEW; HOPQ DESERT; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY; RAINFALL;

ARID REGIONS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; LANDFORMS; PORPHYRINS; RAIN; SOILS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; DESERTIFICATION; DESICCATION; DEW; INOCULATION; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REHYDRATION; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CRUST; SOIL PROPERTY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCOLEUS VAGINATUS; SCYTONEMA JAVANICUM;

EID: 70350569930     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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