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Synergic hydraulic and nutritional feedback mechanisms control surface patchiness of biological soil crusts on tertiary sands at a post-mining site Cover

Synergic hydraulic and nutritional feedback mechanisms control surface patchiness of biological soil crusts on tertiary sands at a post-mining site

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics
Volume 62 (2014): Issue 4 (December 2014)
By: Thomas Fischer,  Stella Gypser,  Maria Subbotina and  Maik Veste  
Open Access
|Nov 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2014-0038 | Journal eISSN: 1338-4333 | Journal ISSN: 0042-790X
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Language: English
Page range: 293 - 302
Submitted on: May 30, 2014
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Accepted on: Sep 16, 2014
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Published on: Nov 15, 2014
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Recultivation,
Pyrite weathering,
Bistable ecosystems
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