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Sabkha Ecosystems

Volume III: Africa and Southern Europe

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Editors:
  1. Münir Öztürk

    1. Center for Environmental Studies, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

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  2. Benno Böer

    1. UNESCO Doha, Doha, Qatar

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  3. Hans-Jörg Barth

    1. Physische Geographie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

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  4. Miguel Clüsener-Godt

    1. , Division of Ecological and Earth Science, UNESCO Headquarters, Natural Sciences Se, Paris Cedex 15, France

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  5. M. Ajmal Khan

    1. Inst. Sustainable Halophyte Utilization, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

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  6. Siegmar-W. Breckle

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

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  • Contains important information about the type of plants that are distributed in highly saline areas
  • Provides information about ecology and particularly edaphology of the sabkha system
  • Unique in covering a broad regional area
  • Unique in having been written by selected experts of the specific scientific fields
  • Up-to-date with ongoing developments
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Tasks for Vegetation Science (TAVS, volume 46)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Sabkha Regions of Tropical East Africa

    • Shahina A. Ghazanfar, Henk J. Beentje
    Pages 1-7

  3. A Review of Fauna and Flora Associated with Coastal and Inland Saline Flats from Namibia with Special Reference to the Etosha Pan

    • Peter L. Cunningham, Willem Jankowitz
    Pages 9-17

  4. Introducing the Namib Desert Playas

    • Frank D. Eckardt, N. Drake
    Pages 19-25

  5. Quantitative Eolian Transport of Evaporite Salts from the Makgadikgadi Depression (Ntwetwe and Sua Pans) in Northeastern Botswana: Implications for Regional Ground-Water Quality

    • Warren W. Wood, Frank D. Eckardt, Thomas F. Kraemer, Ken Eng
    Pages 27-37

  6. Palaeo-Ecological Aspects of Farafra Oasis (Egyptian Sabkha) During the Mid-Neolithic Period (7130–6190 BP): A Multivariate Analysis

    • Ahmed Gamal-El-Din Fahmy, Monier M. Abd El-Ghani
    Pages 39-44

  7. Overview of Halophytic Plants of the Sudanese Red Sea Salt Marsh

    • Omyma Osman Karrar
    Pages 45-51

  8. A General Assessment of Marine Turtle Nesting Activity on the Libyan Saline Coast

    • Daw A. Haddoud, Hisham M. El Gomati
    Pages 53-58

  9. Current Challenges and Future Opportunities for a Sustainable Utilization of Halophytes

    • Ahmed Debez, Bernhard Huchzermeyer, Chedly Abdelly, Hans-Werner Koyro
    Pages 59-77

  10. The Salt Marsh (Sabkha) in the Western Part of Libya

    • M. O. El-Magsodi, Daw A. Haddoud
    Pages 79-84

  11. Halophyte-Fodder Species Association May Improve Nutrient Availability and Biomass Production of the Sabkha Ecosystem

    • Chedly Abdelly, Ahmed Debez, Abderrazak Smaoui, Claude Grignon
    Pages 85-94

  12. Potential Role of Salt Marshes in the Sabkhas of Egypt

    • Hassan M. El Shaer
    Pages 95-98

  13. Halophyte plant diversity, coastal habitat types and their conservation status in Cyprus

    • M. Öztürk, S. Gucel, A. Guvensen, C. Kadis, C. Kounnamas
    Pages 99-111

  14. Salt-Affected Soils and Their Native Vegetation in Hungary

    • Tibor Tóth
    Pages 113-132

  15. Halophytes in Republic of Macedonia

    • S. Mitrev, Lj. Mihajlov, F. Trajkova, B. Kovacevikj, V. Zlatkovski
    Pages 133-137

  16. Low-Cost Mapping of Sabkha-Ecosystems Using Satellite Imagery: An Example from SE Qatar

    • Jörg Beineke, Andreas Kagermeier
    Pages 139-145

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 147-148
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About this book

This book is part of the Sabkha Ecosystems series. The series is designed to provide information on sabkha ecosystems of different regions. It will add to the collective knowledge available about saline ecosystems and also focuses on the African region where only limited information is currently available on.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Environmental Studies, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

    Münir Öztürk

  • UNESCO Doha, Doha, Qatar

    Benno Böer

  • Physische Geographie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    Hans-Jörg Barth

  • , Division of Ecological and Earth Science, UNESCO Headquarters, Natural Sciences Se, Paris Cedex 15, France

    Miguel Clüsener-Godt

  • Inst. Sustainable Halophyte Utilization, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

    M. Ajmal Khan

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

    Siegmar-W. Breckle

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sabkha Ecosystems

  • Book Subtitle: Volume III: Africa and Southern Europe

  • Editors: Münir Öztürk, Benno Böer, Hans-Jörg Barth, Miguel Clüsener-Godt, M. Ajmal Khan, Siegmar-W. Breckle

  • Series Title: Tasks for Vegetation Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9673-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

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

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-9672-2Published: 08 December 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3449-4Published: 30 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-9673-9Published: 07 December 2010

  • Series ISSN: 0167-9406

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-130X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 150

  • Topics: Plant Ecology, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Ecology, Terrestial Ecology, Plant Sciences

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