# Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/biocrusts-and-microbial-ecology-2/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 421,011 |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the role of biological soil crusts, particularly focusing on cyanobacteria, in influencing carbon and nitrogen cycles, providing UV protection, exhibiting desiccation tolerance, contributing to microbial diversity, stabilizing soil, impacting hydrological processes, and influencing ecosystem functioning in the context of global change. |
| Domain | Life Sciences |
| Field | Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T12832 |
| Works | 28,630 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Michaël Grätzel](https://scholariq.org/researchers/michael-gratzel/)
- [Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási](https://scholariq.org/researchers/albert-laszlo-barabasi/)
- [Minoru Kanehisa](https://scholariq.org/researchers/minoru-kanehisa/)
- [Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin](https://scholariq.org/researchers/mohammad-khaja-nazeeruddin/)
- [Elizabeth Ward](https://scholariq.org/researchers/elizabeth-ward/)
- [Josep Peñuelas](https://scholariq.org/researchers/josep-penuelas/)
- [David Mooney](https://scholariq.org/researchers/david-mooney/)
- [David A. Weitz](https://scholariq.org/researchers/david-a-weitz/)
- [Akira Fujishima](https://scholariq.org/researchers/akira-fujishima/)
- [Rattan Lal](https://scholariq.org/researchers/rattan-lal/)
- [Donald E. Ingber](https://scholariq.org/researchers/donald-e-ingber/)
- [Michael J. Thun](https://scholariq.org/researchers/michael-j-thun/)

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