Effects of sand burial stress on the early developments of cyanobacterial crusts in the field

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-55

  Rao, Benqiang ^a,b   Liu, Yongding ^a   Lan, Shubin ^a,c   Wu, Peipei ^a,c   Wang, Weibo ^a   Li, Dunhai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b XINYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Environment Science   (China)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Chlorophyll a; Compressive strength; Cyanobacterial crusts; PSII activity; Sand burial; Scytonemin; Total carbohydrate

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 81355138455     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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