The use of microbiotic crusts as biomarkers for ponding, subsurface flow and soil moisture content and duration

Geoderma

Volumn 181-182, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-64

  Kidron, Giora J ^a   Vonshak, Ahuva ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biocrust; Biological soil crust; Chlorophyll; Negev Desert; Runoff; Sand dune

Indexed keywords

BIOCRUST; BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HIGH VARIABILITY; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LINEAR RELATION; MICROHABITATS; NEGEV DESERT; SAND DUNES; SOIL HABITATS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE WETNESS; WATER PONDING; WATER REGIME; WETNESS DURATION; WINTER SEASONS;

BIOMARKERS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PIXELS; PONDING; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOMARKER; CHLOROPHYLL; DUNE FIELD; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROHABITAT; MOISTURE CONTENT; PEDOGENESIS; PIXEL; PLAYA; POND; RUNOFF; SOIL CRUST; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

ISRAEL; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 84860289934     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.02.026     Document Type: Article

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