Seeding of large areas with biological soil crust starter culture formulations: Using an aircraft disbursable granulate to increase stability, fertility and CO 2 sequestration on a landscape scale

2012 IEEE Green Technologies Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sears, James T ^a   Prithiviraj, Bharath ^b  

^a A2BE Carbon Capture LLC   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

AgriDerm; Biological Soil Crusts; Carbon sequestration; Cyanobacteria; Net Primary Productivity; Photobioreactors; TerraDerm

Indexed keywords

AGRIDERM; BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CYANOBACTERIA; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; TERRADERM;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROORGANISMS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; STARTERS; SUGARS; TECHNOLOGY;

SOILS;

EID: 84862329629     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GREEN.2012.6200934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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