Effect of soil erosion on the biodiversity of soil crust within the Ziporim basin of Israel

dc.contributor.author	Akuja, Thomas E.
dc.contributor.author	Zaady, E .
dc.date.accessioned	2014-11-27T07:01:59Z
dc.date.available	2014-11-27T07:01:59Z
dc.date.issued	2004
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development Vol. 5 2004: 1-6	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1595 – 9716
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijard/article/view/2556
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/195
dc.description	http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijard.v5i1.2556	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The biological soil crust is composed of living microorganisms. In deserts it is mainly the non-vascular plants that constitute the soil crust. Protein, polysaccharide, NDVI and Organic carbon showed significant differences (P<0.05) at all sites. Areas above waterfalls and non- agricultural contained more crust than those below and agricultural areas, respectively. The vegetative cover in the former sites reduced both wind and water erosion. However, areas below waterfalls had the highest protein due to the proximity of microorganisms to water that might have accumulated here during winter. The water facilitated accelerated metabolic activities of all microphytes	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	soil crust	en_US
dc.subject	protein polysaccharide	en_US
dc.subject	NDVI	en_US
dc.subject	organic carbon	en_US
dc.subject	Negev	en_US
dc.title	Effect of soil erosion on the biodiversity of soil crust within the Ziporim basin of Israel	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US