Vertical movement of soluble carbon and nutrients from biocrusts to subsurface mineral soils

A symbiotic nutrient exchange within the cyanosphere microbiome of the biocrust cyanobacterium, Microcoleus vaginatus

(2020) Corey Nelson et al.   ISME Journal

Moss-dominated biological soil crusts improve stability of soil organic carbon on the Loess Plateau, China  

(2019) Xueqin Yang et al.   Plant, Soil and Environment

Spatial segregation of the biological soil crust microbiome around its foundational cyanobacterium, Microcoleus vaginatus, and the formation of a nitrogen-fixing cyanosphere

(2019) Estelle Couradeau et al.   Microbiome

The Bacterial Microbiome Associated With Arid Biocrusts and the Biogeochemical Influence of Biocrusts Upon the Underlying Soil

(2019) Benjamin Moreira-Grez et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Moss-dominated biocrusts improve the structural diversity of underlying soil microbial communities by increasing soil stability and fertility in the Loess Plateau region of China

(2019) Tianli Bao et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Climatic Sensitivity of Dryland Soil CO2 Fluxes Differs Dramatically with Biological Soil Crust Successional State

(2018) Colin L. Tucker et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Species-specific nitrogenase activity in lichen-dominated biological soil crusts from the Colorado Plateau, USA

(2018) Terry J. Torres-Cruz et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Possible nitrogen fertilization of the early Earth Ocean by microbial continental ecosystems

(2018) Christophe Thomazo et al.   Nature Communications

Are fungal networks key to dryland primary production?

(2018) Jennifer A. Rudgers et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Complex role of the polymeric matrix in biological soil crusts

(2017) Federico Rossi et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Biocrusts enhance soil fertility and Bromus tectorum growth, and interact with warming to influence germination

(2017) Scott Ferrenberg et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A novel method to evaluate nutrient retention by biological soil crust exopolymeric matrix

(2017) Tami L. Swenson et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The seasonal and successional variations of carbon release from biological soil crust-covered soil

(2016) Yang Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Bacteria increase arid-land soil surface temperature through the production of sunscreens

(2016) Estelle Couradeau et al.   Nature Communications

Observations of net soil exchange of CO2 in a dryland show experimental warming increases carbon losses in biocrust soils

(2015) Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Biocrust-forming mosses mitigate the negative impacts of increasing aridity on ecosystem multifunctionality in drylands

(2015) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Climate change and physical disturbance cause similar community shifts in biological soil crusts

(2015) Scott Ferrenberg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Untargeted soil metabolomics methods for analysis of extractable organic matter

(2015) Tami L. Swenson et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Exometabolite niche partitioning among sympatric soil bacteria

(2015) Richard Baran et al.   Nature Communications

A Multiscale, Hierarchical Model of Pulse Dynamics in Arid-Land Ecosystems

(2014) S.L. Collins et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Estimating impacts of lichens and bryophytes on global biogeochemical cycles

(2014) Philipp Porada et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Dryland soil microbial communities display spatial biogeographic patterns associated with soil depth and soil parent material

(2013) Blaire Steven et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Changes in biocrust cover drive carbon cycle responses to climate change in drylands

(2013) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biological soil crusts affect small-scale spatial patterns of inorganic N in a semiarid Mediterranean grassland

(2013) M. Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Temperature Drives the Continental-Scale Distribution of Key Microbes in Topsoil Communities

(2013) F. Garcia-Pichel et al.   SCIENCE

Elevated CO2 did not mitigate the effect of a short-term drought on biological soil crusts

(2012) Timothy M. Wertin et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Succession of N cycling processes in biological soil crusts on a Central European inland dune

(2012) Robert Brankatschk et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Warming and increased precipitation frequency on the Colorado Plateau: implications for biological soil crusts and soil processes

(2012) Tamara J. Zelikova et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Biological and microbial activity in biological soil crusts from the Tabernas desert, a sub-arid zone in SE Spain

(2012) Isabel Miralles et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biological soil crust development affects physicochemical characteristics of soil surface in semiarid ecosystems

(2012) Sonia Chamizo et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Changes to dryland rainfall result in rapid moss mortality and altered soil fertility

(2012) Sasha C. Reed et al.   Nature Climate Change

Has water limited our imagination for aridland biogeochemistry?

(2011) Amy T. Austin   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Experimental drought in a tropical rain forest increases soil carbon dioxide losses to the atmosphere

(2010) Cory C. Cleveland et al.   ECOLOGY

Extraction of chlorophyll a from biological soil crusts: A comparison of solvents for spectrophotometric determination

(2010) Sarah C. Castle et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Untangling the biological contributions to soil stability in semiarid shrublands

(2009) V. Bala Chaudhary et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Effect of biological soil crusts on soil elemental concentrations: implications for biogeochemistry and as traceable biosignatures of ancient life on land

(2009) H. BERALDI-CAMPESI et al.   Geobiology

Universal chlorophyll equations for estimating chlorophylls a, b, c, and d and total chlorophylls in natural assemblages of photosynthetic organisms using acetone, methanol, or ethanol solvents

(2008) R. J. Ritchie   PHOTOSYNTHETICA