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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-491-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-491-2018
Research article
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26 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 26 Jan 2018

Annual net primary productivity of a cyanobacteria-dominated biological soil crust in the Gulf Savannah, Queensland, Australia

Burkhard Büdel, Wendy J. Williams, and Hans Reichenberger

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We report on the net primary productivity of a biological soil crust from the Boodjamulla NP, Queensland. Metabolic activity lasted from September 2010 to mid-April 2011, referring to 23.6 % of the total time of the year. The first months of activity had a respiratory loss of CO2. Of the metabolic active period, 48.6 % were photosynthesis and 51.4 % dark respiration. Carbon gain was 1.72 g m−2 yr−1. The gas exchange pattern was divided into metabolically inactive winter and active summer month.
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