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Sabkha Ecosystems

Volume V: The Americas

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

    • César Serra Bonifácio Costa, Oriel Bonilla Herrera
    Pages 11-27
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Coastal Environments in the Bahía Blanca Estuary, Argentina

    • Paula Daniela Pratolongo, María Julia Piovan, Diana Graciela Cuadrado
    Pages 205-224
  8. Design Concept of a Reverse Osmosis Reject Irrigated Landscape: Connecting Source to Sabkha

    • Cylphine Bresdin, Margaret Livingston, Edward P. Glenn
    Pages 237-250
  9. The Seed Bank of a Hypersaline Shrub Community in the Bahamas

    • Kendall A. Hanley, Brianne M. Walsh, Todd P. Egan
    Pages 251-259
  10. 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
  11. Germination and Growth of Panicum virgatum Cultivars in a NaCl Gradient

    • Michael A. Carson, Seton Bachle, Amy N. Morris
    Pages 287-297
  12. Floristic Diversity of Halophytic Plants of Mexico

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

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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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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