TY  - GEN
A1  - Hoppert, Michael
A1  - Reimer, Rudolph
A1  - Kemmling, Anne
A1  - Schröder, Annekatrin
A1  - Günzl, Bettina
A1  - Heinken, Thilo
T1  - Structure and reactivity of a biological soil crust from a xeric sandy soil in Central Europe
N2  - The investigation was designed to explore the structure, composition and activity of a biological soil crust on an acidic, sandy soil from a temperate climate. The crust covers several hundreds of square meters on the hilltop of a large terminal moraine. The conjugate alga Zygogonium ericetorum forms the essential matrix for the crust, a dense web of algal filaments with interspersed lichens and mosses. The crust is composed of three layers, with an uppermost layer consisting nearly entirely of a dense algal mat. In lower layers, a parasitic fungus, penetrating the algal cells, is another important component of the crust community. In this soil crust, photosynthetic and respiratory activity is stabilized at low water activities.
KW  - biological soil crust
KW  - desiccation tolerance
KW  - electron microscopy
KW  - <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i>
KW  - <i>Zygogonium ericetorum</i>
Y1  - 2005
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/122
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5872
ER  -