Sabkha Ecosystems: Volume I: The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries (Tasks for Vegetation Science) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9048159725 ISBN 13: 9789048159727

Publisher: Springer, 2010

Synopsis

Research on sabkha ecology commenced only a few decades ago and sabkhat were considered as wasteland. It is only now, that environmental managers realize that sabkhat are ecosystems with a research, development, and conservation value. This multidisciplinary volume is a first comprehensive documentation of sabkha research in the Arabian peninsula region, including contributions from 16 countries. Topics covered include aspects of geology, hydrology, geomorphology, zoology, botany, ecology, ecosystem analysis, past, present, and future land use methods and development, and nature conservation at the landscape level.

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From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9048159725
• ISBN 13: 9789048159727
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Barth H.-J., Böer Benno