Fine gravel controls hydrologic and erodibility responses to trampling disturbance for coarse-textured soils with weak cyanobacterial crusts

Catena

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 119-126

  Herrick, J E ^a   Van Zee, J W ^a   Belnap, J ^b   Johansen, J R ^c   Remmenga, M ^d  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid soils; Biological soil crusts; Erosion; Hydrology; Land degradation; Recreation

Indexed keywords

ARIDOSOL; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; LAND DEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; SOIL COVER; SOIL CRUST; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TEXTURE; TRAMPLING;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77957324626     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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