| soil cyanobacterial and microalgal diversity in dry mountains of ladakh, nw himalaya, as related to site, altitude, and vegetation. | although phototrophic microbial communities are important components of soils in arid and semi-arid ecosystems around the world, the knowledge of their taxonomic composition and dependency on soil chemistry and vegetation is still fragmentary. we studied the abundance and the diversity of cyanobacteria and eukaryotic microalgae along altitudinal gradients (3,700-5,970 m) at four sites in the dry mountains of ladakh (little tibet, zanskar mountains, and eastern karakoram), using epifluorescence. ... | 2011 | 21643700 |