Progress in the study of algae and mosses in biological soil crusts

作     者：Jiancheng ZHAO Yunpu ZHENG Bingchang ZHANG Ying CHEN Yuanming ZHANG 

作者机构：College of Life ScienceHebei Normal UniversityShijiazhuang 050016China Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and GeographyChinese Academy of SciencesUrumuqi 830011China Graduate School of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100049China College of Biological Science and EngineeringHebei University of Economics and BusinessShijiazhuang 050061China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers in Biology》 (生物学前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2009年第4卷第2期

页      面：143-150页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 071001[理学-植物学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 07[理学] 0836[工学-生物工程] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.40571085 and 30670152) the National Infrastructure of Natural Resources for Science and Technology(No.2005DKA21403) Science and Social Practice Foundation of Graduate Students in Chinese Academy of Sciences(Investigation on Algal Distribution in Gurbantunggut Desert,Xinjiang,China) 

主　　题：algae biological soil crusts mosses 

摘      要：Algae and mosses are not only two of the familiar communities in the process of desert vegetational succession,but also have the highest biomass in biological soil ***,being the pioneer plants,algae and mosses are involved in the establishment of biological soil crusts,which have great importance in arid environments and play a major role in desert ecosystems,such as being the indicator of the vegetation type,soil-holding,preventing erosion by water and wind,and sand *** paper reviews the advances in the study of algae and mosses in arid and semi-arid *** mainly describes the ecological functions of algae and mosses including their influences on water cycle,circulation of substances,and community *** addition,the relationships between algae and mosses are ***,some suggestions are proposed for the research orientations of algae and mosses in biological soil ***,algae and mosses have significant ecological importance in arid areas,especially in those areas where environmental problems are becoming increasingly serious.