Spatial heterogeneity of cyanobacteria-inoculated sand dunes significantly influences artificial biological soil crusts in the Hopq Desert (China)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 245-253

  Li, Hua ^a,b   Rao, Benqiang ^a,c   Wang, Gaohong ^a   Shen, Si ^a,b   Li, Dunhai ^a   Hu, Chunxiang ^a   Liu, Yongding ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c XINYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial biological soil crusts; Cyanobacterial biodiversity; Desert algae; DGGE; Inoculation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); DGGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INOCULATION; LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT; SOIL PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

ARID REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; LANDFORMS; RNA; SOILS;

STABILIZATION;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; DOMINANCE; DUNE; HETEROGENEITY; RNA; SLOPE; SOIL CRUST; SOIL FERTILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCOLEUS; MICROCOLEUS VAGINATUS; NOSTOCALES; OSCILLATORIALES; PHORMIDIUM; SCYTONEMA; SCYTONEMA JAVANICUM;

EID: 84892437936     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2428-6     Document Type: Article

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