Biological Soil Crusts
Subtitle: Structure, Function, and Management (Ecological Studies)
Contributors: Jayne Belnap (Editor); Otto L. Lange (Editor); R. Klein-Rödder (Illustrator)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 503
ISBN-13: 9783540410751
Subjects: Agriculture & Farming; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Soil science, sedimentology; Technology; Science; Environmental Science; Soil crusting; Science/Mathematics; Soil biology; Life Sciences - Botany; Life Sciences - Ecology; Science / Ecology; Soil crusts; algae; arid areas; cyanobacteria; ecology; Agriculture - General; Soil Ecology
First sentence: Biological soil crusts result from an intimate association between soil particles and cyanobacteria, algae, microfungi, lichens, and bryophytes (in different proportions) which live within, or immediately on top of, the uppermost millimeters of soil.