Great Basin Naturalist Volume 58 Number 4 Article 1 10-12-1998 Algal composition of microbiotic crusts from the Central Desert of Baja California, Mexico Valerie R. Flechtner John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio Jeffrey R. Johansen John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio William H. Clark Albertson College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn Recommended Citation Flechtner, Valerie R.; Johansen, Jeffrey R.; and Clark, William H. (1998) "Algal composition of microbiotic crusts from the Central Desert of Baja California, Mexico," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 58 : No. 4 , Article 1. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol58/iss4/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Western North American Naturalist Publications at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Great Basin Naturalist by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. The Great Basin Naturalist PUBLISHED AT PROVO, UTAH, BY M.L. BEAN LIFE SCIENCE MUSEUM BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY ISSN 0017-3614 VOLUME 58 31 OCTOBER 1998 No.4 Great Basin Naturalist 58(4), © 1998, pp. 295-311 ALGAL COMPOSITION OF MICROBIOTIC CRUSTS FROM THE CENTRAL DESERT OF BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Valerie R. Flechtner1, Jeffrey R. Johansenl, and William H. Clark2 ABSTRACT.-A total of 66 algal species representing 32 genera were recovered from soils of 10 sites in the Catavifia region of the Central Desert of Baja California, Mexico. The most common species encountered were the cyanophytes Nostoc commune and Schizothrix calcicola, the chlorophyte Myrmecia astigmatica, and the diatoms HantZ8chia amphioxys, Hantzschia amphyQxys f.