Potential applications for multifunctional microalgae in soil improvement

X Song, Y Bo, Y Feng, Y Tan, C Zhou, X Yan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Soil is the basis of agricultural production, and the quality of soil directly affects crop quality
and yield. Microalgae can carry out photosynthesis, carbon and nitrogen fixation, and …

Restoring post-fire ecosystems with biocrusts: living, photosynthetic soil surfaces

M Muñoz-Rojas, NMM de Lima, S Chamizo… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in climate are expected to alter fire regimes, with critical implications in
soils and ecosystems. Biological soil crusts or biocrusts are communities of photosynthetic …

Biogenic manganese oxides promote metal (loid) remediation by sha** microbial communities in biological aqua crust

G Wang, Z Feng, X Yin, D Chen, N Zhao, Y Yuan… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Biological aqua crust (biogenic aqua crust–BAC) is a potentially sustainable solution for
metal (loid) bioremediation in global water using solar energy. However, the key …

Fire and land use impact soil properties in a Mediterranean dry sclerophyll woodland

MM Ondik, M Bennell, RJP Davies, MKJ Ooi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fire directly impacts soil properties responsible for soil function and can result in soil
degradation. Across the globe, climate change-induced droughts and elevated temperatures …

Soil microbial community composition and functions are disrupted by fire and land use in a Mediterranean woodland

MM Ondik, MKJ Ooi, M Muñoz-Rojas - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The intersection of fire, land use transformations, and climate change is putting
Mediterranean climate-type ecosystems at risk of soil degradation and loss of ecosystem …

Biological soil crusts as a major ecosystem component in sandization areas of the Brazilian Pampa

CL Webber, UF Bremer, R Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi… - Geoderma …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Brazilian Pampa, vegetation disturbance and soil degradation led to an
expansion of sediment remobilization areas, a process locally termed as sandization …