Editors:
- New information on salt desert ecosystems in many countries, valuable for researchers, and developers
- Essential information for developers and researchers for professional R and D planning
- Sabkha Ecosystems are widely considered wastelands, however, they have an ecosystem value, a development value, a conservation value, and this needs to be understood for professional environmental management
Part of the book series: Tasks for Vegetation Science (TAVS, volume 42)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Sabkha Ecosystems Volume I: The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries was published in 2002. It was the first comprehensive volume dealing with the subject of sabkha research, and sabkha environmental management. Valuable new information was provided for the sabkha of numerous countries on and adjacent to the Arabian Peninsula. This new volume now follows up on this important process, and provides data and information on salt desert ecosystems of numerous West and Central Asian countries, including many of which are located in the Arabian Peninsula. The information provided assists the reader to better understand sabkha geology, hydrology, geomorphology, zoology, botany, ecology, ecosystem functioning, as well as sabkha conservation, utilisation, and development. The volume is paramount literature for anyone dealing with sabkha research and development.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
M. Ajmal Khan
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UNESCO Regional Office in the Arab State of Gulf, Doha, Qatar
Benno Böer
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Institute of Soil Science, Moscow State University and Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
German S. Kust
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Department of Physical Geography, Department of Physical Geography, Regensburg, Germany
Hans-Jörg Barth
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sabkha Ecosystems
Book Subtitle: Volume II: West and Central Asia
Editors: M. Ajmal Khan, Benno Böer, German S. Kust, Hans-Jörg Barth
Series Title: Tasks for Vegetation Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5072-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5071-8Published: 22 September 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7274-0Published: 18 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5072-5Published: 27 August 2008
Series ISSN: 0167-9406
Series E-ISSN: 1875-130X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 263
Topics: Ecology, Ecosystems, Geology, Zoology