Sabkha Ecosystems

Volume I: The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries

• Author(s): H.-J. Barth, Benno Böer,
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
• Pages: 354
• ISBN_10: 1402005040
  ISBN_13: 9781402005046
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / General , Nature / Ecology , Nature / Natural Resources , Nature / Ecosystems & Habitats / Coastal Regions & Shorelines , Science / Life Sciences / Botany , Science / Earth Sciences / General , Science / Life Sciences / Ecology , Science / Environmental Science , Science / Earth Sciences / Geology , Science / Earth Sciences / Hydrology , Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General ,

Description:... Contains 31 contributions presenting the results of recent decades' research on the extensive intertidal and inland saline flats of the Arabian Gulf Region, known colloquially as sabkhat. Only relatively recently acknowledged to be valuable ecosystems with research, development, and conservation value, sabkhat are thoroughly explored in this volume by biologists, geologists, archaeologists, ecologists, botanists, zoologists, and other researchers and scientists from many countries. The volume's 31 contributions are organized into three sections: distribution of sabkhat within the Arabian Peninsula and the adjacent countries (13); sabkha ecology (14); and sabkha land use and development (4). The book includes some fairly low-key b & w photographs, charts, and maps. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.