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Hypersaline Ecosystems

The Gavish Sabkha

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Gerald M. Friedman

    1. Department of Geology, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, USA
      Rensselaer Center of Applied Geology Affiliated, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Troy, USA

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  2. Wolfgang E. Krumbein

    1. Universität Oldenburg, — Geomikrobiologie —, Oldenburg, Germany

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 53)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Obituary

      • Gerald M. Friedman
      Pages 3-4

    3. Purpose of this Book

      • Wolfgang E. Krumbein
      Pages 5-8

    4. Synopsis

      • Wolfgang E. Krumbein
      Pages 9-10

  3. General Framework of Hypersaline Environments with Special Reference to the Red Sea

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Introduction and Definitions

      • Wolfgang E. Krumbein
      Pages 13-17

    3. The Northern Red Sea, a Historical Sketch

      • Wolfgang E. Krumbein
      Pages 18-38

    4. Gulf of Elat (Aqaba) Geological and Sedimentological Framework

      • Gerald M. Friedman
      Pages 39-71

    5. Coastal Evaporite Systems

      • Bruce H. Purser
      Pages 72-102

    6. Hypersaline Sea-marginal Flats of the Gulfs of Elat and Suez

      • Amihai Sneh, Gerald M. Friedman
      Pages 103-135

    7. Anchialine Pools — Comparative Hydrobiology

      • Francis D. Por
      Pages 136-144

    8. Botanical Studies on Coastal Salinas and Sabkhas of the Sinai

      • Michael Evenari, Yitzchak Gutterman, Eliezer Gavish
      Pages 145-182

  4. The Gavish Sabkha — A Case Study

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183 -183
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    2. Introduction

      • Wolfgang E. Krumbein
      Pages 185-185

    3. Geomorphology, Mineralogy and Groundwater Geochemistry as Factors of the Hydrodynamic System of the Gavish Sabkha

      • Eliezer Gavish, Wolfgang E. Krumbein, Jacob Halevy
      Pages 186-217

    4. The Ras Muhammad Pool: Implications for the Gavish Sabkha

      • Gerald M. Friedman, Amihai Sneh, Roy W. Owen
      Pages 218-237

    5. Salinity and Water Activity Related Zonation of Microbial Communities and Potential Stromatolites of the Gavish Sabkha

      • Gisela Gerdes, Wolfgang E. Krumbein, Elisabeth Holtkamp
      Pages 238-266

    6. Structure and Physiology of Square-shaped and Other Halophilic Bacteria from the Gavish Sabkha

      • Martin Kessel, Yehuda Cohen, Anthony E. Walsby
      Pages 267-287

    7. Photoactive Pigments in Halobacteria from the Gavish Sabkha

      • Walther Stoeckenius, Don Bivin, Kathleen Mcginnis
      Pages 288-295
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geology, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, USA

    Gerald M. Friedman

  • Rensselaer Center of Applied Geology Affiliated, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Troy, USA

    Gerald M. Friedman

  • Universität Oldenburg, — Geomikrobiologie —, Oldenburg, Germany

    Wolfgang E. Krumbein

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hypersaline Ecosystems

  • Book Subtitle: The Gavish Sabkha

  • Editors: Gerald M. Friedman, Wolfgang E. Krumbein

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70290-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-70292-1Published: 17 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-70290-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 486

  • Topics: Ecology, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Nature Conservation, Sedimentology, Geology, Oceanography

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