10.1371/journal.pone.0164932.g003 Xiaobing Zhou Xiaobing Zhou Hilda Smith Hilda Smith Ana Giraldo Silva Ana Giraldo Silva Jayne Belnap Jayne Belnap Ferran Garcia-Pichel Ferran Garcia-Pichel Trend of the balance between Nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) and AO rates, as the net difference for each BSC type an origin, according to the legend inserted. Public Library of Science 2016 Ammonia Oxidation Reveal Biological Soil Crusts N 2 fixation Great Basin acetylene reduction assay Great Basin deserts Great Basin BSCs successional stages N 2 fixation response Potential Warming-Induced Imbalance AO Q 10 ARA 2016-10-24 17:37:01 Figure https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/Trend_of_the_balance_between_Nitrogen_fixation_acetylene_reduction_and_AO_rates_as_the_net_difference_for_each_BSC_type_an_origin_according_to_the_legend_inserted_/4058742 <p>Columns show the mean of n = 40 determinations (differences between 8 ARA value and 5 AO value), and error bars depict standard errors. Different lowercase letters indicated significant differences (p < 0.05) for comparisons among temperatures within a single BSC type.</p>