The effect of biocrusts on evaporation from sand dunes in the Negev Desert

Geoderma

Volumn 179-180, Issue , 2012, Pages 104-112

  Kidron, Giora J ^a   Tal, Shimon Y ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Sheshet Company LTD   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Evaporation; Microbiotic crust; Moisture; Mulch; Sand dune

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; EVAPORATION RATE; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD DATA; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HIGHER PLANTS; MICROBIOTIC CRUST; MULCH; NEGEV DESERT; PARENT MATERIALS; PETRI DISH; SAND DUNE; SAND DUNES; SEMIARID ZONE; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL WATER; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE; THICK LAYERS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER LOSS;

ARID REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOLOGY; EVAPORATION; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SAND; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACES;

RAIN;

DUNE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; MULCH; SOIL CRUST; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

ISRAEL; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84858305748     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.02.021     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Belnap J., Büdel B., Lange O.L. Biological soil crusts: characteristics and distribution. Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function, and Management 2001, 3-30. Springer, Berlin. J. Belnap, O.L. Lange (Eds.).
2. Booth W.E. Algae as pioneers in plant succession and their importance in erosion control. Ecology 1941, 22:38-46.
3. Brotherson J.D., Rushforth S.R. Influence of cryptogamic crusts on moisture relationships of a soil in Navajo National Monument, Arizona. Great Basin Naturalist 1983, 43:73-79.
4. Burek S.A.M., Norton B., Probert S.D. Analytical and experimental methods for shadow-band correction factors for solarimeters on inclined planes under isotropically diffuse and overcast skies. Solar Energy 1988, 40:151-160.
5. Chepil W.S. Influence of moisture on erodibility of soil by wind. Proceedings - Soil Science Society of America 1956, 20:288-292.
6. Danin A., Ganor E. Trapping of airborne dust by mosses in the Negev Desert, Israel. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 1991, 16:153-162.
7. Durrell L.W., Shields L.M. Characteristics of soil algae relating to crust formation. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 1961, 80:73-79.
8. Evans R.D., Lange O.L. Biological soil crusts and ecosystem nitrogen and carbon dynamics. Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function, and Management 2001, 263-279. Springer, Berlin. J. Belnap, O.L. Lange (Eds.).
9. Evenari M. Ecology of the Negev Desert, a critical review of our knowledge. Developments in Arid Zone Ecology and Environmental Quality 1981, 1-33. Balaban ISS, Philadelphia, PA. H. Shuval (Ed.).
10. George D.B., Roundy B.A., St.Clair L.L., Johansen J.R., Schaalje G.B., Webb B.L. The effects of microbiotic soil crusts on soil water loss. Arid Land Research and Management 2003, 17:113-125.
11. Harper K.T., Marble J.R. A role for nonvascular plants in management of arid and semiarid rangelands. Applications of Plant Sciences to Rangeland Management and Inventory 1988, 135-169. Kluwer, Amsterdam. P.T. Tuller (Ed.).
12. Kappen L., Lange O.L., Schulze E.-D., Buschbom V., Evenari M. Ecophysiological investigations on lichens of the Negev Desert, VII: the influence of the habitat exposure on dew imbibition and photosynthetic productivity. Flora 1980, 169:216-229.
13. Karnieli A., Kidron G.J., Glaesser C., Ben Dor E. Spectral characteristics of cyanobacteria soil crust in semiarid environments. Remote Sensing of Environment 1999, 69:67-75.
14. Kidron G.J. Differential water distribution over dune slopes as affected by slope position and microbiotic crust, Negev Desert, Israel. Hydrological Processes 1999, 13:1665-1682.
15. Kidron G.J. Runoff-induced sediment yield from dune slopes in the Negev Desert, 2: texture, carbonate and organic matter. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 2001, 26:583-599.
16. Kidron G.J., Hernstadt I., Barzilay E. The role of dew as a moisture source for sand microbiotic crusts in the Negev Desert, Israel. Journal of Arid Environments 2002, 52:517-533.
17. Kidron G.J., Kadmon R., Vonshak A., Abeliovich A. Microbiotic crusts as biomarkers for surface stability and wetness duration in the Negev Desert. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 2009, 34:1594-1604.
18. Kidron G.J., Vonshak A., Dor I., Barinova S., Abeliovich A. Properties and spatial distribution of microbiotic crusts in the Negev Desert. Catena 2010, 82:92-101.
19. Koyomdjisky H., Dan J., Soriano S., Nissim S. Selected Soil Profiles of Israeli Soils 1988, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan.
20. Lange O.L. Photosynthesis of soil crust biota as dependent on environmental factors. Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function, and Management 2001, 217-240. Springer, Berlin. J. Belnap, O.L. Lange (Eds.).
21. Lange O.L., Kidron G.J., Büdel B., Meyer A., Kilian E., Abeliovitch A. Taxonomic composition and photosynthetic characteristics of the biological soil crusts covering sand dunes in the Western Negev Desert. Func. Ecol. 1992, 6:519-527.
22. Mayland H.F., McIntosh T.H. Availability of biologically foxed nitrogen-15 to higher plants. Nature 1966, 209:421-422.
23. Mazor G., Kidron G.J., Vonshak A., Abeliovich A. The role of cyanobacterial exopolysaccharides in structuring desert microbial crusts. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 1996, 21:121-130.
24. McKenna Neuman C., Maxwell C.D., Boulton J.W. Wind transport of sand surfaces crusted with photoautotrophic microorganisms. Catena 1996, 27:229-247.
25. Noy-Meir I. Desert ecosystems: environment and producers. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 1973, 5:25-51.
26. Otterman J. Baring high-albedo soils by overgrazing: a hypothesized desertification mechanism. Science 1974, 186:531-533.
27. Prasse R., Bornkamm R. Effect of microbiotic soil surface crusts on emergence of vascular plants. Plant Ecology 2000, 150:65-75.
28. Qin Z., Berliner P., Karnieli A. Micrometeorological modeling to understand the thermal anomaly in the sand dunes across the Israel-Egypt border. Journal of Arid Environments 2002, 1:281-318.
29. Reynolds R., Belnap J., Reheis M., Lamothe P., Luiszer F. Aeolian dust in Colorado Plateau soils: nutrient input and recent change in source. PNAS 2001, 98:7123-7127.
30. Rosenan N., Gilad M. Meteorological data. Atlas of Israel 1985, Carta, Jerusalem.
31. Tielbörger K. The vegetation of linear desert dunes in the northwestern Negev, Israel. Flora 1997, 192:261-278.
32. van den Ancker J.A.M., Jungerius D., Mur L.R. The role of algae in the stabilization of coastal dune blowouts. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 1985, 10:189-192.
33. Verrecchia E., Yair A., Kidron G.J., Verrecchia K. Physical properties of the psammophile cryptogamic crust and their consequences to the water balance of sandy soils, Northwestern Negev Desert, Israel. Journal of Arid Environments 1995, 29:427-437.
34. Warren S.D. Biological soil crusts and hydrology in North American Deserts. Ecological Studies 2001, 150:327-337. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. J. Belnap, O.L. Lange (Eds.).
35. West N.E. Structure and function of microphytic soil crusts in wildland ecosystems of arid to semi-arid regions. Advances in Ecological Research 1990, 20:179-223.
36. Xiao B., Zhao Y.-G., Shao M.-A. Characteristics and numeric simulation of soil evaporation in biological soil crusts. Journal of Arid Environments 2010, 74:121-130.
37. Zhang Y.F., Wang X.P., Pan Y.X., Hu R. Diurnal relationship between the surface albedo and surface temperature in revegetated desert ecosystems, northwestern China. Arid Land Research and Management 2012, 26:32-43.