Characteristics of carbon flux in two biologically crusted soils in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China

Catena

Volumn 96, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-48

  Su, Yan gui ^a   Wu, Lin ^a   Zhang, Yuan ming ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial lichen crusted soil; Moss crusted soil; Precipitation; Q 10; Soil respiration; Soil surface heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BARE SOIL; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT SOIL; LICHEN; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; MOSS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CRUST; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION;

CHINA; GURBANTUNGGUT DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84860644752     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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