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Microarthropod communities associated with biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan deserts

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Neher, Deborah A, Lewins, S A, Weicht, Thomas R, and Darby, Brian J, Microarthropod communities associated with biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan deserts: .

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Biological soil crusts provide habitat for microarthropods of various trophic groups in arid systems, but the community composition and functional role of microarthropods in these unique systems are not well characterized for many desert locations. This study examined the microarthropod community, including mites, collembolans, and tardigrades, associated with early- and late-successional stage biological soil crusts at two locations, Colorado Plateau (southeastern Utah) and Chihuahuan Desert (southern New Mexico). Most microarthropod groups were more abundant in Colorado Plateau than Chihuahuan Desert, and tardigrades were more abundant near the surface (0?10 cm) than at depth (10?30 cm). Although the microarthropod community composition [...]

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