Non-rainfall water sources in the topsoil and their changes during formation of man-made algal crusts at the eastern edge of Qubqi Desert, Inner Mongolia

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1135-1141

  Lan, Shu Bin ^a,b   Hu, Chun Xiang ^a   Rao, Ben Qiang ^a,b   Wu, Li ^a,b   Zhang, De Lu ^a,b   Liu, Yong Ding ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

biological soil crusts; desert algae; upper soil layer; water uptake

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CHINA; CYANOBACTERIA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; RAIN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78649619088     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-010-4049-6     Document Type: Article

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