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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2149-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2149-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Wet season cyanobacterial N enrichment highly correlated with species richness and Nostoc in the northern Australian savannah
Wendy Williams
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of
Queensland, Gatton 4343, Australia
Burkhard Büdel
Dept. of Biology, University of
Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Stephen Williams
School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of
Queensland, Gatton 4343, Australia
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Short summary
The northern Australian savannah grasslands encompass 1.5 million square kilometres, where naturally occurring cyanobacteria cover the soil surface. During the wet season, photosynthetic cyanobacteria continually absorb nitrogen from the air and produce a nutrient-rich slime. This bioactive slime formed a protective biofilm on the soil in-between grass plants and provided nitrogen in a plant-available form. Cyanobacterial species richness increased biofertilisation and boosted soil fertility.
The northern Australian savannah grasslands encompass 1.5 million square kilometres, where...
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