Ecological characterization of soil-inhabiting and hypolithic soil crusts within the Knersvlakte, South Africa

Ecological Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-13

  Weber, Bettina ^a,b   Wessels, Dirk C J ^c   Deutschewitz, Kirstin ^d   Dojani, Stephanie ^a   Reichenberger, Hans ^a   Büdel, Burkhard ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^d LMS Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypolithic; Microclimate; Quartz; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; PAVEMENTS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURES; DAILY TEMPERATURES; HYPOLITHIC; MICROCLIMATE; MICROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION; WATER CONDENSATION;

QUARTZ;

BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROCLIMATE; QUARTZ; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

KNERSVLAKTE; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 85014958052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21921709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-1709-2-8     Document Type: Article

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