Labile carbon in biological soil crusts in the Tabernas desert, SE Spain

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Miralles, Isabel ^a   Trasar Cepeda, Carmen ^b   Leirós, M Carmen ^c   Gil Sotres, Fernando ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Cyanobacteria; Lichens; Soil biomass; Soil emission

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; CRUST LAYER; CYANOBACTERIA; DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HEAVY RAINFALL; HOT WATER; INCUBATION PERIODS; LABILE C; LABILE CARBON; LICHENS; METABOLIC PROCESS; MOISTURE LEVEL; OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE; POLYPHENOLS; QUADRATIC MODELS; TOTAL ORGANIC C;

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; FUNGI; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PHENOLS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

SOILS;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT SOIL; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; LICHEN; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CRUST; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUBSTRATE; SUGAR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; SPAIN; TABERNAS;

CYANOBACTERIA; DIPLOSCHISTES; FUNGI;

EID: 84870823134     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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