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DOI10.1002/eco.2121
Measurements and ecological implications of non-rainfall water in desert ecosystems-A review
Kidron, Giora J.; Starinsky, Abraham
通讯作者Kidron, Giora J.
来源期刊ECOHYDROLOGY
ISSN1936-0584
EISSN1936-0592
出版年2019
卷号12期号:6
英文摘要The current review focuses on the contribution of non-rainfall water (NRW) to arid and semiarid regions (with a focus on the Negev), where NRW may provide a constant source of water that may facilitate the survival of different organisms, especially microorganisms. Factors that determine the amounts of NRW and the contribution of NRW to plants and organisms are discussed. Nevertheless, although important, significant variation exists regarding the amounts of NRW, which may stem from improper use or inherent drawbacks of some of the measurement devices. This may lead to erroneous conclusions regarding the possible role played by NRW. For instance, with prokaryotes (bacteria and cyanobacteria) requiring liquid water (>= 0.1 mm) for growth, small inaccuracies in NRW around this threshold may either lead to the conclusion that NRW is sufficiently high to facilitate their growth, or rather, is too low to facilitate their growth. Arguing that some of the devices used to measure NRW may greatly overestimate the amounts, the possible contribution of NRW to soil bacteria and cyanobacterial biocrusts is analysed. We suggest that although NRW may assist the growth and survival of mosses and some types of lichens (mostly non-crustose), no conclusive findings were thus far reported regarding the use of dew for cyanobacteria growth. The use of dew by cyanobacterial crust for growth should be critically examined, and the possibility that NRW may even result in a negative carbon balance for cyanobacterial crusts should be considered.
英文关键词biocrusts biological soil crusts dew fog lichens lithobionts water vapour
类型Review
语种英语
国家Israel
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000478234000001
WOS关键词BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS ; SAND MICROBIOTIC CRUSTS ; LEAF-WETNESS DURATION ; WESTERN NEGEV-DESERT ; ARID DRAINAGE-BASIN ; DEW FORMATION ; BARE SOIL ; FOG WATER ; ATMOSPHERIC WATER ; SURFACE WETNESS
WOS类目Ecology ; Environmental Sciences ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Water Resources
来源机构Hebrew University of Jerusalem
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/215141
作者单位Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Inst Earth Sci, Givat Ram Campus, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel
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Kidron, Giora J.,Starinsky, Abraham. Measurements and ecological implications of non-rainfall water in desert ecosystems-A review[J]. Hebrew University of Jerusalem,2019,12(6).
APA Kidron, Giora J.,&Starinsky, Abraham.(2019).Measurements and ecological implications of non-rainfall water in desert ecosystems-A review.ECOHYDROLOGY,12(6).
MLA Kidron, Giora J.,et al."Measurements and ecological implications of non-rainfall water in desert ecosystems-A review".ECOHYDROLOGY 12.6(2019).
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