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biological soil crusts

Scope: community ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

Local Knowledge Graph (10 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on biological soil crusts with 10 nodes and 18 connections. Top connected: groundwater-surface water interactions, hydraulic connectivity, subsurface water storage, sheet flow, sediment transport.

Definition

Communities of cyanobacteria, lichens, and mosses that live on soil surfaces and contribute to soil stability and fertility

Related Terms (1)

soil crusts

Publications (1)

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Road impacts on the Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado, with emphasis on effects to surface- and shallow ground-water hydrology - A literature review

2007Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing Worldreferenced

Related Concepts (7)

road drainage structures

framework2 shared papers

subsurface water storage

measurement1 shared paper

hydraulic connectivity

process1 shared paper

groundwater-surface water interactions

process1 shared paper

infiltration capacity

measurement1 shared paper

sediment transport

process1 shared paper

sheet flow

process1 shared paper