Effect of snow cover on water content, carbon and nutrient availability, and microbial biomass in complexes of biological soil crusts and subcrust soil in the desert

2021/10/08 by Rong Hui, Hui Rong, Ruiming Zhao +2 · 8 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Chemistry · Environmental Science · #Agronomy #Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics #Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology #Biology #Biomass (ecology) #Chemistry #Ecology #Ecosystem #Environmental chemistry #Environmental science #Geology #Lichen and fungal ecology #Nutrient #Phosphorus #Snow

paper · doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115505

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