| Relationships between the biomass of algal crusts in fields and their compressive strength | |
| Xie, Zuoming; Liu, Yongding; Hua, Chunxiang; Chen, Lanzhou; Li, Dunhai; Liu, YD, Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China | |
| 2007-02-01 | |
| Source Publication | SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
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| ISSN | 0038-0717 |
| Volume | 39Issue:2Pages:567-572 |
| Abstract | In the desert areas of China investigated by the authors, various biological crusts were predominately associated with three blue-green algal (cyano bacterial) species, Microcoleus vaginatus Gom., Phormidium tenue (Menegh.) Gom. and Seytonema javanicum (Mitz.) Born et Flah. Their biomass and their compressive strength were measured simultaneously in the field in this study. It was also found that the compressive strength of algal crusts was enhanced with the increasing of algal biomass from an undetectable level to a value as high as 9.6mg g(-1) dry soil. However, when the algal biomass decreased, the compressive strength did not descend immediately, but remained relatively steady. The higher the algal biomass became, the thicker were the algal crusts formed. Given the same biomass, the highest compressive strength of man-made algal crusts in fields was found at an algal ratio of 62.5% M. vaginatus, 31.25% P. tenue and 6.25% S. javanicum, and it reached 0.89kgcm(-2). When the biomass of the crusts increased above the value of 8.16 mg chl ag(-1) dry soil, the compressive strength would not ascend easily. It indicated that the compressive strength of man-made algal crusts appeared temporarily saturated in the field. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.; In the desert areas of China investigated by the authors, various biological crusts were predominately associated with three blue-green algal (cyano bacterial) species, Microcoleus vaginatus Gom., Phormidium tenue (Menegh.) Gom. and Seytonema javanicum (Mitz.) Born et Flah. Their biomass and their compressive strength were measured simultaneously in the field in this study. It was also found that the compressive strength of algal crusts was enhanced with the increasing of algal biomass from an undetectable level to a value as high as 9.6mg g(-1) dry soil. However, when the algal biomass decreased, the compressive strength did not descend immediately, but remained relatively steady. The higher the algal biomass became, the thicker were the algal crusts formed. Given the same biomass, the highest compressive strength of man-made algal crusts in fields was found at an algal ratio of 62.5% M. vaginatus, 31.25% P. tenue and 6.25% S. javanicum, and it reached 0.89kgcm(-2). When the biomass of the crusts increased above the value of 8.16 mg chl ag(-1) dry soil, the compressive strength would not ascend easily. It indicated that the compressive strength of man-made algal crusts appeared temporarily saturated in the field. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| Subtype | Article |
| Keyword | Desert Algal Crusts Blue-green Algae Cyanobacteria Wind Erosion Rain Erosion Eps Compressive Strength Scytonemin |
| Department | Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China; Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China; China Univ Geosci, Sch Environm, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China; Wuhan Univ, Dept Resource & Environm Sci, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China |
| Subject Area | Soil Science |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.09.004 |
| WOS Headings | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS Research Area | Agriculture |
| WOS Subject | Soil Science |
| WOS ID | WOS:000243209100019 |
| WOS Keyword | DESERT SOIL ALGAE ; CRYPTOGAMIC CRUSTS ; CYANOBACTERIA ; STABILIZATION ; SUCCESSION |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/152342/8736 |
| Collection | 期刊论文 |
| Corresponding Author | Liu, YD, Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China 3.China Univ Geosci, Sch Environm, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China 4.Wuhan Univ, Dept Resource & Environm Sci, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Xie, Zuoming,Liu, Yongding,Hua, Chunxiang,et al. Relationships between the biomass of algal crusts in fields and their compressive strength[J]. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY,2007,39(2):567-572. |
| APA | Xie, Zuoming,Liu, Yongding,Hua, Chunxiang,Chen, Lanzhou,Li, Dunhai,&Liu, YD, Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China.(2007).Relationships between the biomass of algal crusts in fields and their compressive strength.SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY,39(2),567-572. |
| MLA | Xie, Zuoming,et al."Relationships between the biomass of algal crusts in fields and their compressive strength".SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 39.2(2007):567-572. |
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