SCIN: Soil crust international ... new project, new website

The new website here, also I am adding it permanently to the resources at right. This is a European network of researchers in Spain, Germany, Austria, and Sweden. They are establishing an array of study sites to observe all things crust (diversity, C flux, genetics, hydrology, in a variety of European habitats ranging from semi-arid to alpine.

A nice shot of a Catapyrenium from the Tabernas Badlands site in Almeria (Soil Crust International).

New website featuring biological crusts

Dr. Maik Veste recently wrote me to let me know about his updated website on ecophysiology of biocrusts and dryland plants. It features photos from such disparate locations as Denmark, Germany, Israel and South Africa. There is also quite alot of content including papers, conference abstracts and a few posters. Find the website here.

Biocrusts on coastal dunes of Denmark. Photo: Veste, www.drylandresearch.de