Sabkha Ecosystems. Vol.1: The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries

List of authors. Foreword. Preface. Introduction. Part I: Distribution of sabkhat within the Arabian Peninsula and the adjacent countries; The Abu Dhabi Sabkha; G. Evans, A. Kirkham. The Holocene tidal flat complex of the Arabian Gulf coast of Abu Dhabi; C.G.St.C. Kendall, et al. The sabkhat of Saudi Arabia - an introduction; H.-J. Barth. Plant communities bordering the sabkhat of Bahrain Island; J.A. Abbas. The coastal and sabkha flora of Qatar: An introduction; B. Böer, S. Al Hajiri. Sabkhat and halophytis in Kuwait; S.A.S. Omar, et al. An overview of an inland sabkha in Jordan: The Taba Sabkha, southern Wadi Araba; A.M. Abed. The sabkha vegetation of Oman; S. Ghazanfar. Salt deserts in Iran and Afghanistan; S.W. Breckle. Salt tolerant plants of coastal sabkhat of Pakistan; M.A. Khan, B. Gul. The coastal sabhat of Yemen; A.N. Al-Gifri, S.A. Gabali. Sabkhat and halophytes in the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan); B. Böer, et al. Short communication: Flora and phytogeographical aspect of the Red Sea sabkhat in Egypt; A.G. Fahmy, B. Böer. Part II: Sabkha ecology. Introduction. Hydrogeology and solute chemistry of the coastal-sabkha aquifer in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi; W.W. Wood, W.E. Sanford. Holocene carbonate-evaporites of Abu Dhabi, and their Jurassic ancient analogs; A.R.S. Alsharan, C.G.St.C. Kendall. Sabkhat in coastal areas with special emphasis on the UAE; H. Lieth, U. Menzel. Dynamics of sabkha edges: Examples from the Jubail area, Saudi Arabia; H.J. Barth. Biological soil crusts of Arabian sabkhat; J. Belnap. Macroalgae associated with sabkha; D.M. John. Diatoms of the sabkha; F.E. Round. Vertebrate fauna of sabkhat from the Arabian Peninsula: A review of Mammalia, Reptilia and Amphibia; R.A. Loughland, P.L. Cunningham; Ecology of sabkha arthropods; P.J. Hogarth, B.J. Tigar. Fishes of sabkha related habitats; U. Zajonz, et al. Short communications: A short review on seagrasses of the Arabian Peninsula region with particular reference to mineralisation in sabkhat; R.C. Philips. The coastal and sabkha flora of the United Arab Emirates; B. Böer. Birds in sabkha environments; S. Aspinall. Sabkha and coastal plain development and evolution on the northeastern coast of the UAE; A. Al-Farray. Part III: Sabkha land use and development: Introduction. The archaeology of the sabkhat of Abu Dhabi; P. Hellyer. Saline wetland reserve management: A case study from the United Arab Emirates; S. Aspinall, P. Hellyer. Sustainable development of mangroves for coastal sabkhat environments in Abu Dhabi, UAE; A.G. de Soyza, et al. UNESCO's work for the protection of arid zones with particular emphasis to sabkhat; M. Clüsener-Godt. Index.