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Keywords
- hydrogeology
About this book
Research on sabkha ecology commenced only a few decades ago and sabkhat were considered as wasteland. It is only now, that environmental managers realize that sabkhat are ecosystems with a research, development, and conservation value. This multidisciplinary volume is a first comprehensive documentation of sabkha research in the Arabian peninsula region, including contributions from 16 countries. Topics covered include aspects of geology, hydrology, geomorphology, zoology, botany, ecology, ecosystem analysis, past, present, and future land use methods and development, and nature conservation at the landscape level.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sabkha Ecosystems
Book Subtitle: Volume I: The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries
Editors: H.-J. Barth, Benno Böer
Series Title: Tasks for Vegetation Science
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2002
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0504-6Published: 31 March 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5972-7Published: 28 October 2010
Series ISSN: 0167-9406
Series E-ISSN: 1875-130X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 354