Pedogenic and microbial interrelations to regional climate and local topography: New insights from a climate gradient (arid to humid) along the Coastal Cordillera of Chile

Nadine Bernhard, Lisa-Marie Moskwa, Karsten Schmidt, +39

CATENA

Regional ClimateLocal TopographyEngineeringPaleoenvironmental ChangeBiogeography +7

Biodiversity of Algae and Cyanobacteria in Biological Soil Crusts Collected Along a Climatic Gradient in Chile Using an Integrative Approach

Elena Samolov, Karen Baumann, Burkhard Büdel, +5

Microorganisms

EngineeringChilean BiocrustSoil BiodiversityPhylogenetic AnalysisSouth America +14

A Case Study on Fog/Low Stratus Occurrence at Las Lomitas, Atacama Desert (Chile) as a Water Source for Biological Soil Crusts

Lukas Lehnert, Boris Thies, Katja Trachte, +10

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Earth ObservationEnvironmental MonitoringEngineeringAtacama DesertOceanography +19

Genus richness of microalgae and Cyanobacteria in biological soil crusts from Svalbard and Livingston Island: morphological versus molecular approaches

Martin Rippin, Nadine Borchhardt, Laura Williams, +5

Polar Biology

Microbial DiversityGenus RichnessEngineeringLivingston IslandBiological Soil Crusts +7

Biological soil crusts along a climatic gradient in Chile: Richness and imprints of phototrophic microorganisms in phosphorus biogeochemical cycling

Karen Baumann, Patrick Jung, Elena Samolov, +14

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Organic GeochemistryBiogeochemistryEngineeringBiological Soil CrustsMicrobial Ecology +6

Desert breath—How fog promotes a novel type of soil biocenosis, forming the coastal Atacama Desert’s living skin

Patrick Jung, Karen Baumann, Lukas Lehnert, +10

Geobiology

Shifting Boundaries: Ecological and Geographical Range extension Based on Three New Species in the Cyanobacterial Genera <i>Cyanocohniella, Oculatella, and, Aliterella</i>

Patrick Jung, Tatiana Mikhailyuk, Dina Emrich, +3

Journal of Phycology

EngineeringPolyphasic ApproachGeographical Range ExtensionCyanobacteriaPhylogenetics +15

Water availability shapes edaphic and lithic cyanobacterial communities in the Atacama Desert

Patrick Jung, Michael Schermer, Laura Williams, +7

Journal of Phycology

Microbial DiversityLithic Cyanobacterial CommunitiesBiodiversityBiogeochemistryEngineering +13

Opening the Gap: Rare Lichens With Rare Cyanobionts – Unexpected Cyanobiont Diversity in Cyanobacterial Lichens of the Order Lichinales

Patrick Jung, Katharina Brust, Matthias Schultz, +3

Frontiers in Microbiology

Uncovering biological soil crusts: carbon content and structure of intact Arctic, Antarctic and alpine biological soil crusts

Patrick Jung, Laura Williams, Anika Simon, +2

Biogeosciences

EngineeringSoil ParticlesPolar EnvironmentsBiological Soil CrustsCyanobacteria +21