Biological soil crusts cause subcritical water repellency in a sand dune ecosystem located along a rainfall gradient in the NW Negev desert, Israel

Biological soil crusts cause subcritical water repellency in a sand dune ecosystem located along a rainfall gradient in the NW Negev desert, Israel

The biological soil crusts (BSCs) in the NW Negev cause local water redistribution by increasing surface runoff. The effects of pore clogging and swelling of organic and inorganic crust components were intensively investigated in earlier studies. However, the effect of water repellency (WR) was not...

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Main Authors: Keck Hannes, Felde Vincent John Martin Noah Linus, Drahorad Sylvie Laureen, Felix-Henningsen Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics
Subjects:
hydrophobicity
reduced wettability
surface runoff
infiltration
water repellency index
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2016-0001

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https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2016-0001

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