Lange, OL/ Kidron, GJ/ Büdel, B/ Meyer, A/ Kilian, E/ Abeliovich, A 1992: Taxonomic composition and photosynthetic characteristics of the 'biological soil crusts' covering sand dunes in the western Negev Desert. - Functional Ecology6: 519-527. [RLL List # 152 / Rec.# 11027] Keywords: CO2 EXCHANGE/ CYANOBACTERIA/ DESERT/ DUNES/ PHOTOSYNTHESIS/ SOIL CRUSTS
Abstract: 7 fig. 1 tab. [These crusts are formed by at least one moss, four blue-green algae, and two green algal species. Although the crusts include no lichens, their photosynthetic characteristics are compared to various Negev lichens and lichen soil crusts.]