Mangroves and Halophytes: Restoration and Utilisation

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Lieth, Helmut (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Sucre, Maxímo García (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Herzog, Brigitte (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Σειρά: Tasks for Vegetation Sciences, 43
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Ecosystems.; Plant ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Ecology.; Environmental Management.; Climate Change.

Focusing on Venezuela and Mexico, this edited volume from the International Society of Halophyte Utilisation (ISHU) explores the environmental issues facing South and Central America's coastal ecosystems, and discusses the uses of mangrove species and other halophytes in addressing issues of bo...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• General Aspects
• Concepts for Different Uses of Halophytes
• Global Water Crisis: The Potential of Cash Crop Halophytes to Reduce the Dilemma
• Present Efforts to Develop Sustainable Saline Production Systems
• Studies on Halophytes and Salinity Problems in Mediterranean Agriculture
• Saline Ecosystems in Venezuela
• Investigations Proposed in Venezuela for the Development of Systems for the Sustainable Utilisation of Halophytes, in the Context of International Development
• Diagnostics About the State of Mangroves in Venezuela: Case Studies from the National Park Morrocoy and Wildlife Refuge Cuare
• Contribution of Seagrass Ecosystems to the Venezuelan Coastline Vegetation
• Experimental Systems
• Comparative Biochemical Study of the Rhizosphere of Rhizophora mangle and its Associated Species Cyperus sp. in the Ciénaga de Soledad (Colombia)
• Creation of Mangrove “Productive Oases”: Community Participation for the Sustainable Utilization of Halophytes
• Mangrove Restoration in a Tropical Semiarid Environment: A Case Study in Landscape Design
• Mangrove Establishment on Artificial Islands: A Case Study
• The Effect of Temperature on the Accumulation of Salts and Chromium in Seedlings of Avicennia germinans (“Mangle Salado”) and Rhizophora mangle (“Mangle Rojo”) Exposed to Tannery Wastewaters
• Salt Tolerance of Chenopodium quinoa Willd., Grains of the Andes: Influence of Salinity on Biomass Production, Yield, Composition of Reserves in the Seeds, Water and Solute Relations
• Biosaline Biomass for Energy, a Solution for Saline Wastelands.