Do development stages of biological soil crusts determine activity and functional diversity in a sand-dune ecosystem?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 66-72

  Yu, Jun ^a,b   Kidron, Giora J ^c   Pen Mouratov, Stanislav ^a   Wasserstrom, Haggai ^a   Barness, Gineta ^a   Steinberger, Yosef ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Community level physiological profile; Functional diversity; MicroResp plate; Negev Desert; Sole carbon induced respiration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON SOURCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY LEVEL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILES; DEVELOPMENT STAGES; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; GENETIC DIVERSITY; MICRO-FUNGI; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NEGEV DESERT; OPEN SPACE; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SOLE-CARBON INDUCED RESPIRATION; UTILIZATION RATES;

AMINO ACIDS; ARID REGIONS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS;

CARBON;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DUNE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OPEN SPACE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL CRUST; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ISRAEL; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 84860851663     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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