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nounbiocrust (countable and uncountable, plural biocrusts)
plural biocrusts
- countableuncountableBiological soil crust.
Chlorophyll a and exopolysaccharide were used as indicators of the photoautotrophic activity of the biocrust organisms (moss or cyanobacteria) and conditions for moss-dominated crusts development.
2015 August 1, “Key Factors Influencing Rapid Development of Potentially Dune-Stabilizing Moss-Dominated Crusts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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