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Participant: part of or influencing processesBiological crust
Appears in 1 process and 3 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.
Top processes
- Crusts raise the threshold wind speed for erosion and trap dust that carries nutrients
- Crust effects on infiltration vary: rough lichen and moss crusts raise infiltration, smooth cyanobacterial crusts on fine soils can reduce it
- Fixed nitrogen leaks as ammonium and amino acids to the soil beneath and neighbouring plants and microbes
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