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Which of the following is NOT a way in which mosses are ecologically or economically important?
Nitrogen fixation via cyanobacteria |
Prevention of nutrient leaching |
As a source of fuel |
Carbon uptake from the atmosphere |
Evaporative cooling of soil |
Feather moss hyloconium is host for Nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria
Mosses has high water holding capacity so they prevent leaching
Sphagnum peat is used as fuel
Mosses uptake most of Carbon dioxide and oxygen from atmosphere
According to the study published in 2011 Ecosystems journal
Understory evotranspiration losses by moss cover were smaller than the relative increase in soil heat input by removal of moss layer
So in conclusion there are not enough evidences of economical evaporative cooling of soil by mosses.