Key Factors Influencing Rapid Development of Potentially Dune-Stabilizing Moss-Dominated Crusts.

ABSTRACT: Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are a widespread photosynthetic ground cover in arid and semiarid areas. They have many positive ecological functions, such as increasing soil stability, and reducing water and wind erosion. Using artificial technology to achieve the rapid development of BSCs is expected to become a low-cost and highly beneficial ecological restoration measure. In the present study, typical moss-dominated crusts in a region characterized by mobile dunes (Mu Us Sandland, China) were collected, and a 40-day cultivation experiment was performed to investigate key factors, including watering frequency, light intensity and a nutrient addition, which affect the rapid development of moss crusts and their optimal combination. The results demonstrated that watering frequency and illumi

SUBMITTER: Bu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4521833 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature