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Biological soil crusts,
often abbreviated as
biocrusts, are
communities of
living organisms inhabiting the
surface of
soils in arid and semi-arid ecosystems...
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affects biocrust activity through its deposition. The
mucus increased CO2
efflux in both cyanobacteria-dominated and lichen/moss-dominated
biocrusts, with...
- self-segregation of
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cyanobacteria and
slime molds to
restore soil nutrients, The use of
engineered biocrust‐forming
cyanobacteria with
these traits (vs. non‐engineered) has the effect...
- "Growth of
Grimmia mosses on
volcanic tephra:
Geoecological processes of
biocrust development in Haleakalā
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Jeffrey R. (2024). "Description of six new
cyanobacterial species from soil
biocrusts on San
Nicolas Island, California, in
three genera previously restricted...
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perchance to live:
Insights from the
genome of the desiccation-tolerant
biocrust moss
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Malam Issa, and
Yunge Zhao. The
pervasive and
multifaceted influence of
biocrusts on
water in the world's drylands. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15232 Havrilla...
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Biological soil
crust –
lichens are
among the
common dominant biota in
biocrusts, one of the world's
largest environmental community types in
terms of...