Sabkha Ecosystems
Volume V: The Americas
Editors: Khan, M.A., Boër, B., Ȫzturk, M., Clüsener-Godt, M., Gul, B., Breckle, S.-W. (Eds.)
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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.
- Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Prospects of Environmentally Friendly Farms for Food Security in Hot and Dry Coastal Areas Based on Seawater Irrigation and Wasteproducts – An Inspirational Proposal
Pages 1-10
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Halophytic Life in Brazilian Salt Flats: Biodiversity, Uses and Threats
Pages 11-27
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Physiological Ecology of Psammophytic and Halophytic Plant Species from Coastal Plains in Northern South America
Pages 29-56
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Morphophysiology and Biochemistry of Prosopis strombulifera Under Salinity. Are Halophytes Tolerant to All Salts?
Pages 57-71
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A Review of the North American Halophyte Suaeda linearis (Ell.) Moq.
Pages 73-84
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Sabkha Ecosystems
- Book Subtitle
- Volume V: The Americas
- Editors
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- M. Ajmal Khan
- Benno Boër
- Münir Ȫzturk
- Miguel Clüsener-Godt
- Bilquees Gul
- Siegmar-W. Breckle
- Series Title
- Tasks for Vegetation Science
- Series Volume
- 48
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-27093-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-27093-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-27091-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-80071-4
- Series ISSN
- 0167-9406
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXIV, 431
- Number of Illustrations
- 70 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour
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