Cyanobacteria diversity in biological soil crusts from different erosion regions on the Loess Plateau: A preliminary result

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4416-4424

  Yang, Li'na ^a,b   Zhao, Yunge ^a,b   Ming, Jiao ^a,b   Wang, Aiguo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Different erosion regions; Diversity of cyanobacteria; The Loess Plateau region

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; GRASSLAND; PH; REVEGETATION; SOIL CRUST; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TEXTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER EROSION; WIND EROSION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

CYANOBACTERIA; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA ALLORGEI; OSCILLATORIA; OSCILLATORIACEAE; PHORMIDIUM;

EID: 84880944435     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5846/stxb201204120513     Document Type: Article

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