Dryland biological soil crust cyanobacteria show unexpected decreases in abundance under long-term elevated CO2

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3247-3258

  Steven, Blaire ^a   Gallegos Graves, La Verne ^a   Yeager, Chris M ^a   Belnap, Jayne ^b   Evans, R David ^c   Kuske, Cheryl R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Southwest Biological Science Center   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; METAGENOME; NEVADA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84870491420     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12011     Document Type: Article

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