Sabkha ecosystems. The Americas / Volume V, (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Americas
• Further Information: Note: M. Ajmal Khan, Benno Boër, Münir Özturk, Miguel Clüsener-Godt, Bilquees Gul, Siegmar-W. Breckle, editors.
• Editors: Khan, M. Ajmal; Böer, Benno; Öztürk, Münir A (Münir Ahmet); Clüsener-Godt, M (Miguel); Gul, Bilquees; Breckle, Siegmar-W
• Contents: 1. Prospects of environmentally friendly farms for food security in hot and dry coastal areas based on seawater irrigation and waste products ? An inspirational proposal -- 2. Halophytic life in Brazilian salt flats: Biodiversity, uses and threats -- 3. Physiological ecology of psammophytic and halophytic plant species from coastal plains in northern South America -- 4. Morphophysiology and biochemistry of Prosopis strombulifera under salinity. Are halophytes tolerant to all salts? -- 5. A review of the North American halophyte Suaeda linearis (Ell.) Moq -- 6. Assessing seeds germination responses of Great Basin halophytes to various exogenous chemical treatments under saline conditions -- 7. Assessing seeds germination responses of Great Basin halophytes to various exogenous chemical treatments under saline conditions -- 8. THE IMPACT OF LAKE BONNEVILLE AND LAKE LAHONTAN ON THE HALOPHYTES OF THE GREAT BASIN -- 9. Halophytic flora of Argentina: A checklist and an analysis of its diversity -- 10. Coastal environments in the Bahía Blanca Estuary, Argentina -- 11. Sarcocornia magellanica (Phil.) M. A. Alonso & M. B. Crespo: A halophyte native of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) irrigated with sea water for human consumption and production of sheep meat -- 12. Design concept of a reverse osmosis reject irrigated landscape: Connecting source to sabkha -- 13. The seed bank of a hypersaline shrub community in the Bahamas -- 14. Salt contaminated water phytotreatment by constructed wetland -- 15. Agriculture and sheep production on Patagonian sabkas with Sarcocornia neei, irrigated with sea water (Chubut -- Argentina) -- 16. Germination and growth of Panicum virgatum in nacl gradient: Potential for restoration and biofuel production -- 17. Floristic diversity of halophytic plants of Mexico -- 18. Soil-plant relationships in the sabhkas of America -- 19. Effects of competition, salinity and disturbance on the growth of Poa pratensis (Kentucky Bluegrass) and Puccinellia nuttalliana (Nuttall's Alkaligrass) -- 20. Ecophysiology of native species from Patagonian Monte, Argentina -- 21. Distichlis palmeri: An endemic grass in the coastal sabkhas of the northern Gulf of California and a potential new grain crop for saltwater agriculture -- 22. Effect by plant growth promoting bacteria (Azospirillum halopraeferens and Klebsiella pneumoniae) on lipid value in seeds of the halophyte Salicornia bigelovii Torr -- 23. Germination Factors and Influences on Button-wood, Conocarpus erectus, Combretaceae -- 24. Plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria associated to halophytes: Potential applications in agriculture.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 431 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 577.7; Life sciences; Salt marsh ecology; Coastal ecology; Alkali lands; Halophytes -- Ecology; Endangered ecosystems; Plant Ecology; Environmental management; Sustainable development; NATURE / Ecology; NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Wilderness; SCIENCE / Environmental Science; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology; Alkali lands; Coastal ecology; Halophytes -- Ecology; Salt marsh ecology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Technology & Engineering -- Environmental -- General; Science -- Environmental Science; Plant ecology; Environmental management; Sustainability; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319270937; 3319270931; 3319270915; 9783319270913
• Related ISBNs: 9783319270913
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 5, 2016).
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