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JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH  2010, Vol. 30 Issue (6): 1299-1304    DOI:
生物土壤与生态     
Mechanism of Photosynthetic Recovery of Biological Soil Crusts after the Removal of Sand Burial Disturbance
JIA Rong-liang, LI Xin-rong, TAN Hui-juan, HE Hao-yu, SU Jie-qiong, LIU Yang
Shapotou Desert Experimental Research Station, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Abstract  Based on continuous measurements of photosynthesis, dark respiration and chlorophyll fluorescence after the removal of sand burial disturbance, we studied the mechanism of photosynthetic recovery of four typical biological soil crusts in an artificially revegetated area in the southeastern fringe of the Tengger Desert. The results exhibited a continuous increase in net photosynthetic rates and an initial decrease and later increase of dark respiratory rates of each of the four types of crusts with time lapsing after the removal of sand burial disturbance. A significant positive effect of water supply and a negative effect of burial depth on net photosynthetic rates and dark respiratory rates were found on the four types of crusts after the removal of sand burial disturbance, respectively. In addition, the progressive accretion of PSII photochemical efficiencies proved the positive mechanism of photosynthetic recovery of four typical biological soil crusts after the removal of sand burial disturbance.
Key words:  sand burial      biological soil crusts      photosynthesis      dark respiration      chlorophyll fluorescence     
Received:  25 November 2009      Published:  20 November 2010
ZTFLH:  S154.3  

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JIA Rong-liang;LI Xin-rong;TAN Hui-juan;HE Hao-yu;SU Jie-qiong;LIU Yang. Mechanism of Photosynthetic Recovery of Biological Soil Crusts after the Removal of Sand Burial Disturbance. JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH, 2010, 30(6): 1299-1304.

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