Sabkha Ecosystems : Volume IV: Cash Crop Halophyte and Biodiversity Conservation - Khan, M. Ajmal; Böer, Benno; Öztürk, Münir.; Al Abdessalaam, Thabit Zahran; Clüsener-Godt, Miguel; Gul, Bilquees; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
List of Authors -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Economic sustainability for halophyte cash farms in urban environments -- 2. Spatial distribution of soil salinity and its management options in the Northern Emirates, UAE -- 3. Gypsum crystals formation and habits, Umm Said sabkha, Qatar -- 4. Distribution, ecology and ecophysiology of mangroves in Pakistan -- 5. Halophytes for the production of liquid biofuels -- 6. Feasibility of halophyte domestication for high-salinity agriculture -- 7. The gypsum dunes of Cuatrociénegas Valley, Mexico - A secondary Sabkha ecosystem with gypsophytes -- 8. Effects of seed storage on germination of desert halophytes with transient seed bank -- 9. Halophytes of southwest Asia -- 10. From halophyte research to halophytes farming -- 11. Interactive effect of salinity and drought on the germination of dimorphic seeds of Suaeda salsa -- 12. Kochia (Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad) unwanted or wanted plant for forage production in harsh environments -- 13. Importance of the diversity in between halophytes to agriculture and land management in arid and semiarid countries -- 14. Is soil heterogeneity the major factor influencing vegetation zonation at Karachi coast? -- 15. Research and development with seawater and halophytic plants for sustainable saline agro systems in the Arabian Gulf -- 16. Salinity tolerant turfgrasses for biosaline urban landscape agriculture -- 17. Ecology, distribution and ecophysiology of Salicornia Europaea L. -- 18. Germination pre-treatments in Haloxylon persicum (Amaranthaceae), an economically important tree of desert ecosystems in western Asia -- 19. Halophytes in the east Mediterranean - their medicinal and other economical values -- 20. Germination and early seedling growth of two salt-tolerant Atriplex species that prevent erosion in Iranian deserts -- 21. Salt marshes and biodiversity -- 22. Distinctive features and role of sulfur-containing compounds in marine plants, seaweeds, seagrasses and halophytes from an evolutionary point of view -- 23. The chemical composition and technological properties of seagrasses - a basis for their use (a review) -- 24. Seagrass terraces for food security and carbon sequestration -- 25. Floating mangroves: the solution to reduce atmospheric carbon levels and land-based marine pollution? -- 26. World Halophyte Garden: Economic dividends with global significance -- Index.
Keywords: Environment; Life sciences; Energy; Education; Sustainable development; Environment, general; Life Sciences, general; Energy, general; Education, general; Sustainable Development