Water repellency and pore clogging at early successional stages of microbiotic crusts on inland dunes, Brandenburg, NE Germany

Catena

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-52

  Fischer, Thomas ^a   Veste, Maik ^a   Wiehe, Wolfgang ^a   Lange, Philipp ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharides; Infiltration; Microphytic crusts; Pore clogging; Sand dunes; Water repellency

Indexed keywords

DUNE; EXOPOLYMER; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFILTRATION; POLYSACCHARIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; SWELLING; TOPSOIL; WATER FLOW;

BRANDENBURG; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI;

EID: 70350622066     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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