Nitrogen fixation in biological soil crusts from the Tengger desert, northern China

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 182-187

  Su, Yan gui ^a,b   Zhao, Xin ^b   Li, Ai xia ^b   Li, Xin rong ^b   Huang, Gang ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial algal crusts; Lichen crusts; Moss crusts; Nitrogenase activity; Potential nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 79956265324     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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