Bertrand, I.Ehrarhdt, F.Alavoine, G.Joulian, C.Malam Issa, OumarouValentin, Christian
The occurrence and diversity of biological soil crusts (BSC) a thin soil surface layer composed of phototrophic and heterotrophic microorganisms intimately associated with soil particles, are known as strong indicators of ecosystem health and sensitivity to soil surface disturbances and are key factors in the biochemical cycling of carbon and nitro...