Fungal communities of lichen-dominated biological soil crusts: Diversity, relative microbial biomass, and their relationship to disturbance and crust cover

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1192-1199

  Bates, Scott T ^a,b   Nash, Thomas H ^a   Sweat, Ken G ^a   Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biological soil crust; Colorado Plateau; DGGE; Fungal diversity; Lichens

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISTURBANCE; ELECTROKINESIS; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LICHEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL CRUST; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI;

EID: 77955174143     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.05.033     Document Type: Article

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