Hydrolase enzyme activities in a successional gradient of biological soil crusts in arid and semi-arid zones
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Hydrolase enzyme activities in a successional gradient of biological soil crusts in arid and semi-arid zones
In arid and semi-arid regions, pioneer organisms form complex communities that penetrate the upper millimetres of the bare substrate, creating biological soil crusts (BSC). These thin crusts play a vital role in whole ecosystem functioning because they enrich bare surfaces with organic matter, initiate biogeochemical cycling of elements, modify hydrological cycles, etc., thus enabling the groun...
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عنوان ژورنال: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0038-0717
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.05.016