TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kammann, Sandra
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024//
TI  - Structure and function of biological soil crusts along sand dune chronosequences
PB  - Universität Rostock
CY  - Germany; Rostock
AB  - This thesis investigates the successional development of biocrust and shifts in their phototrophic community along dune chronosequences. The study revealed that thin microalgae-biocrusts dominated younger dunes. On more stabilized dunes, macrophytic cryptogams were found. The input of organic biomass into the dunes allows for further soil development. Observed soil-forming processes confirm parent material transformation through mineral weathering, including shifts in the phosphorus pools. Biocrusts have the potential to influence the physicochemical conditions of their surrounding habitat.<eng>
UR  - https://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00005647
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00005647
DO  - 10.18453/rosdok_id00005647
LA  - English
N1  - vorgelegt von Sandra Kammann
ID  - 1974473392
ER  -