Cryptobiotic soil

What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12862?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paidsearch&utm_campaign=R3MR425&utm_content=LifeSciences

Cryptobiosis https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/biological/what-alive/properties-life/weird-science-cryptobiosis

Soil Biology Primer https://www.envirothonpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/7-Soil-Biology-Primer.pdf

A Field Guide to Biological Soil Crusts of Western U.S. Drylands https://www.usgs.gov/centers/southwest-biological-science-center/science/field-guide-biological-soil-crusts-western-us

Exploring the Microbial Diversity in Biological Soil Crusts at Joshua Tree National Park https://www.nps.gov/articles/exploring-the-microbial-diversity-in-biological-soil-crusts-at-joshua-tree-national-park.htm

Biological Soil Crust Rehabilitation in Theory andPractice: An Underexploited Opportunity http://faculty.washington.edu/wgold/BES301/Crust%20Restoration%202007.pdf

Habitat-dependent composition of bacterial and fungal communities in biological soil crusts from Oman https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478931/

Biological Soil Crusts https://winapps.umt.edu/winapps/media2/wilderness/toolboxes/documents/soil/A-primer-for-biological-soil-crust-considerations-in-wilderness.pdf

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Bacterial Diversity in Biological Soil Crusts fromExtrazonal Mountain Dry Steppes in NorthernMongolia https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/77934016.pdf

Soil-atmosphere fluxes of CO2, CH4, and N2O across an experimentally-grown, successional gradient of biocrust community types https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.979825/full
Biological Soil Crusts as Ecosystem Engineers in Antarctic Ecosystem https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8981465/

Introduction to Bacterial Anhydrobiosis: A General Perspective and the Mechanisms of Desiccation-Associated Damage https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/2/432/htm

Biological Soil Crust https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/biological-soil-crust less ↑