Sabkha Ecosystems (eBook)

List of Authors.- Preface; Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad, Ph.D.- Foreword; Prof. emeritus Dr. Helmut Lieth, Mrs. Marina Lieth.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction; B. Böer, M.A. Khan.- 1. Economic sustainability for halophyte cash farms in urban environments; P. Bierman-Lytle.- 2. Spatial distribution of soil salinity and its management options in the Northern Emirates, UAE; M.A. Abdelfattah, S.A. Shahid.- 3. Gypsum crystals formation and habits, Umm Said sabkha, Qatar; M. Al-Youssef.- 4. Distribution, ecology and ecophysiology of mangroves in Pakistan; I. Aziz, F. Khan.- 5. Halophytes for the production of liquid biofuels; J.J. Brown et al.- 6. Feasibility of halophyte domestication for high-salinity agriculture; J.J. Brown et al.- 7. The gypsum dunes of Cuatrociénegas Valley, Mexico – A secondary Sabkha ecosystem with gypsophytes; A. Czaja et al.- 8. Effects of seed storage on germination of desert halophytes with transient seed bank; A. El-Keblawy.- 9. Halophytes of southwest Asia; S.A. Ghazanfar et al.- 10. From halophyte research to halophytes farming; K.B. Hamed et al.- 11. Interactive effect of salinity and drought on the germination of dimorphic seeds of Suaeda salsa; W. Huang et al.- 12. Kochia (Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad) unwanted or wanted plant for forage production in harsh environments; M. Kafi et al.- 13. Importance of the diversity in between halophytes to agriculture and land management in arid and semiarid countries; H.-W. Koyro et al.- 14. Is soil heterogeneity the major factor influencing vegetation zonation at Karachi coast?; S. Gulzar et al.- 15. Research and development with seawater and halophytic plants for sustainable saline agro systems in the Arabian Gulf; R.A. Loughland et al.- 16. Salinity tolerant turfgrasses for biosaline urban landscape agriculture; K.B. Markum.- 17. Ecology, distribution and ecophysiology of Salicornia Europaea L.; A. Muscolo et al.- 18. Germination pre-treatments in Haloxylon persicum (Amaranthaceae), an economically important tree of desert ecosystems in western Asia; K. Nosrati et al.- 19. Halophytes in the east Mediterranean – their medicinal and other economical values; M. Oztürk et al.- 20. Germination and early seedling growth of two salt-tolerant Atriplex species that prevent erosion in Iranian deserts; A. Shahbazi et al.- 21. Salt marshes and biodiversity; A. Teixeira et al.- 22. Distinctive features and role of sulfur-containing compounds in marine plants, seaweeds, seagrasses and halophytes from an evolutionary point of view; N.X. Vy et al.- 23. The chemical composition and technological properties of seagrasses – a basis for their use (a review); N.A. Milchakova et al.- 24. Seagrass terraces for food security and carbon sequestration; B. Böer et al.- 25. Floating mangroves: the solution to reduce atmospheric carbon levels and land-based marine pollution?; B. Böer.- 26. World Halophyte Garden: Economic dividends with global significance; B. Böer, M.A. Khan.- Index.