[1]LI Xiaojuan,ZHANG Li,ZHANG Ziping,et al.Characteristic of Biological Soil Crust and Its Effects on Hydrological Processes in Alpine Meadow[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2019,26(06):139-144.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
26
Number of periods:
2019 06
Page number:
139-144
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Public date:
2019-10-17
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Characteristic of Biological Soil Crust and Its Effects on Hydrological Processes in Alpine Meadow
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LI Xiaojuan1, ZHANG Li3, ZHANG Ziping5, WANG Dong6, LI Yingnian2,4, LI Qian2, SONG Minghua7, LI Yikang2, ZHOU Huakun2, YANG Yongsheng2,4
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1. Qinghai Nationalities University, Xining 810007, China;
2. Key Laboratory of Restoration Ecology in Cold Region of Qinghai Province, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, China;
3. Xining Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Xining 810000, China;
4. Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, China
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- Keywords:
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degradation degree; alpine meadow; biological soil crusts; development characteristics; soil moisture
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S812.1;S152
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- Abstract:
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In order to understand the characteristics of biological soil crusts (BSCs) and their effects on hydrological processes in different degraded alpine meadows, BSCs in Zeku alpine meadow in the headwater region of three rivers were taken as research samples, the dominant species, coverage, thickness and bulk density of BSCs of alpine meadows at different degradation degrees[native vegetation(NV), light degradation (LD), middle degradation (MD) and severe degradation (SD)] and their effects on soil water infiltration and evaporation were analyzed. The results showed that:(1) the dominant style of BSCs of alpine meadow at different degradation degrees was moss crust whose dominant species was Didymodon vinealis (Brid.) Zand; from NV to LD period, the coverage and thickness of BSCs had no significant difference, to MD period, the bulk densities of BSCs had no significant difference, the coverage and thickness of BSCs significantly reduced by 74.85%, 35.49%, respectively, compared that of LD (p<0.05). To SD period, BSCs completely disappeared; (2) BSCs had no significant effects on the soil water infiltration and evaporation process in alpine meadow; the initial infiltration rates of BSC cover and removal were 0.20, 0.22 mm/s, respectively, both of these steady infiltration rates were 0.03 mm/s, and average daily evaporation amounts of BSC cover and removal was 1.79, 1.78 mm/d, respectively. These results can provide the basic data for related research about BSCs in alpine meadow.