Mangroves and Halophytes Restoration and Utilisation - Lieth, Helmut; García Sucre, Maxímo.; Herzog, Brigitte; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
General Aspects -- Concepts for Different Uses of Halophytes -- Global Water Crisis: The Potential of Cash Crop Halophytes to Reduce the Dilemma -- Present Efforts to Develop Sustainable Saline Production Systems -- Studies on Halophytes and Salinity Problems in Mediterranean Agriculture -- Saline Ecosystems in Venezuela -- Investigations Proposed in Venezuela for the Development of Systems for the Sustainable Utilisation of Halophytes, in the Context of International Development -- Diagnostics About the State of Mangroves in Venezuela: Case Studies from the National Park Morrocoy and Wildlife Refuge Cuare -- Contribution of Seagrass Ecosystems to the Venezuelan Coastline Vegetation -- Experimental Systems -- Comparative Biochemical Study of the Rhizosphere of Rhizophora mangle and its Associated Species Cyperus sp. in the Ciénaga de Soledad (Colombia) -- Creation of Mangrove "Productive Oases": Community Participation for the Sustainable Utilization of Halophytes -- Mangrove Restoration in a Tropical Semiarid Environment: A Case Study in Landscape Design -- Mangrove Establishment on Artificial Islands: A Case Study -- The Effect of Temperature on the Accumulation of Salts and Chromium in Seedlings of Avicennia germinans ("Mangle Salado") and Rhizophora mangle ("Mangle Rojo") Exposed to Tannery Wastewaters -- Salt Tolerance of Chenopodium quinoa Willd., Grains of the Andes: Influence of Salinity on Biomass Production, Yield, Composition of Reserves in the Seeds, Water and Solute Relations -- Biosaline Biomass for Energy, a Solution for Saline Wastelands.
Keywords: Plant science; Botany; Ecology .; Ecosystems; Plant ecology; Environmental management; Climate change; Plant Sciences; Ecology; Ecosystems; Plant Ecology; Environmental Management; Climate Change