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Sabkha Ecosystems

Volume V: The Americas

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Editors:
  1. M. Ajmal Khan

    1. College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University Center for Sust. Development, Doha, Qatar

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  2. Benno Boër

    1. UNESCO Liaison Office, UNECA Bldg New Bldg, 1st floor, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

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  3. Münir Ȫzturk

    1. Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

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  4. Miguel Clüsener-Godt

    1. Division of Ecological and Earth Science, UNESCO Headquarters, Natural Sci Div of Ecological & Earth Science, Paris Cedex 15, France

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  5. Bilquees Gul

    1. Institute of Sustainable Halophyte Utili, University of Karachi Inst.of Sustainable Halophyte Utili, Karachi, Pakistan

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  6. Siegmar-W. Breckle

    1. Abteilung 3 - Ökologie, Universität Bielefeld Fakultät für Biologie, Bielefeld, Germany

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  • Information about dry saline ecosystems
  • Current research on saline ecosystems as non-conventional source of cash crops
  • Prospects for restoring the degraded ecosystem

Part of the book series: Tasks for Vegetation Science (TAVS, volume 48)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Prospects of Environmentally Friendly Farms for Food Security in Hot and Dry Coastal Areas Based on Seawater Irrigation and Wasteproducts – An Inspirational Proposal

    • Benno Böer, M. Ajmal Khan, Hans-Werner Koyro, Kenneth B. Marcum
    Pages 1-10

  3. Halophytic Life in Brazilian Salt Flats: Biodiversity, Uses and Threats

    • César Serra Bonifácio Costa, Oriel Bonilla Herrera
    Pages 11-27

  4. Physiological Ecology of Psammophytic and Halophytic Plant Species from Coastal Plains in Northern South America

    • Ernesto Medina
    Pages 29-56

  5. Morphophysiology and Biochemistry of Prosopis strombulifera Under Salinity. Are Halophytes Tolerant to All Salts?

    • Mariana Reginato, Analía Llanes, Genoveva Devinar, Fabián Garello, M. Virginia Luna
    Pages 57-71

  6. A Review of the North American Halophyte Suaeda linearis (Ell.) Moq.

    • Robert I. Lonard, Frank W. Judd, Richard Stalter, J. Jed Brown
    Pages 73-84

  7. Assessing Seed Germination Responses of Great Basin Halophytes to Various Exogenous Chemical Treatments Under Saline Conditions

    • Bilquees Gul, Abdul Hameed, Darrell J. Weber, M. Ajmal Khan
    Pages 85-104

  8. Genetic Variability of Three Annual Halophyte Species in an Inland Salt Marsh Through Time

    • Christy T. Carter, Harvey E. Ballard Jr., Irwin A. Ungar
    Pages 105-118

  9. The Impact of Lake Bonneville and Lake Lahontan on the Halophytes of the Great Basin

    • Darrell J. Weber
    Pages 119-136

  10. Halophytic Flora of Argentina: A Checklist and an Analysis of its Diversity

    • Juan José Cantero, Virginia Palchetti, César O. Núñez, Gloria E. Barboza
    Pages 137-204

  11. Coastal Environments in the Bahía Blanca Estuary, Argentina

    • Paula Daniela Pratolongo, María Julia Piovan, Diana Graciela Cuadrado
    Pages 205-224

  12. Sarcocornia magellanica (Phil.) M. A. Alonso & M. B. Crespo: A Halophyte Native of Tierra Del Fuego (Argentina) Irrigated With Sea Water for Human Consumption and Sheep Meat Production

    • Oscar Bianciotto, Edgar Omar Rueda Puente, Alicia Y. Blessio
    Pages 225-236

  13. Design Concept of a Reverse Osmosis Reject Irrigated Landscape: Connecting Source to Sabkha

    • Cylphine Bresdin, Margaret Livingston, Edward P. Glenn
    Pages 237-250

  14. The Seed Bank of a Hypersaline Shrub Community in the Bahamas

    • Kendall A. Hanley, Brianne M. Walsh, Todd P. Egan
    Pages 251-259

  15. Salt Contaminated Water Phytotreatment by Constructed Wetland

    • B. Morteau
    Pages 261-273

  16. Agriculture and Sheep Production on Patagonian Sabkahs with Sarcocornia neei Irrigated with Seawater (Chubut – Argentina)

    • M. E. Arce, Oscar Bianciotto, M. S. Stronati, M. S. Yepes, A. Y. Blessio, F. M. Aras
    Pages 275-285

  17. Germination and Growth of Panicum virgatum Cultivars in a NaCl Gradient

    • Michael A. Carson, Seton Bachle, Amy N. Morris
    Pages 287-297

  18. Floristic Diversity of Halophytic Plants of Mexico

    • Hilda Flores-Olvera, Alexander Czaja, José Luis Estrada-Rodríguez, Ulises Romero Méndez
    Pages 299-327

  19. Soil-Plant Relationships in the Sabkhat of America

    • Marcos S. Karlin
    Pages 329-347

  20. Effects of Competition, Salinity and Disturbance on the Growth of Poa pratensis (Kentucky Bluegrass) and Puccinellia nuttalliana (Nuttall’s Alkaligrass)

    • Ashleigh Anne Gilbert, Lauchlan Hugh Fraser
    Pages 349-367
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About this book

This book is a part of the Sabkha Ecosystems series which was designed to provide information on sabkha ecosystems of different regions and to add to the collective knowledge available about saline ecosystems. The comprehensive coverage assists the reader gaining a thorough understanding of sabkha geology, hydrology, geomorphology, zoology, botany, ecology and ecosystem functioning, as well as sabkha conservation, utilization and development. Volume I focused on The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries, volume II was based on describing saline ecosystems of West and Central Asia , volume III referred to Africa and Southern Europe, while volume IV focused on Cash Crop Halophyte and Biodiversity Conservation. The present volume V focuses on Americans. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University Center for Sust. Development, Doha, Qatar

    M. Ajmal Khan

  • UNESCO Liaison Office, UNECA Bldg New Bldg, 1st floor, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

    Benno Boër

  • Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

    Münir Ȫzturk

  • Division of Ecological and Earth Science, UNESCO Headquarters, Natural Sci Div of Ecological & Earth Science, Paris Cedex 15, France

    Miguel Clüsener-Godt

  • Institute of Sustainable Halophyte Utili, University of Karachi Inst.of Sustainable Halophyte Utili, Karachi, Pakistan

    Bilquees Gul

  • Abteilung 3 - Ökologie, Universität Bielefeld Fakultät für Biologie, Bielefeld, Germany

    Siegmar-W. Breckle

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sabkha Ecosystems

  • Book Subtitle: Volume V: The Americas

  • Editors: M. Ajmal Khan, Benno Boër, Münir Ȫzturk, Miguel Clüsener-Godt, Bilquees Gul, Siegmar-W. Breckle

  • Series Title: Tasks for Vegetation Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27093-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-27091-3Published: 01 July 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80071-4Published: 24 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-27093-7Published: 22 June 2016

  • Series ISSN: 0167-9406

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-130X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 431

  • Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ecosystems, Plant Ecology, Environmental Management, Sustainable Development

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