Hypersaline Ecosystems The Gavish Sabkha
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1985, 1985
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1985 |
| Series: | Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- A. Introduction
- Obituary
- Purpose of this Book
- Synopsis
- B. General Framework of Hypersaline Environments with Special Reference to the Red Sea
- 1. Introduction and Definitions
- 2. The Northern Red Sea, a Historical Sketch
- 3. Gulf of Elat (Aqaba). Geological and Sedimentological Framework
- 4. Coastal Evaporite Systems
- 5. Hypersaline Sea-marginal Flats of the Gulfs of Elat and Suez
- 6. Anchialine Pools — Comparative Hydrobiology
- 7. Botanical Studies on Coastal Salinas and Sabkhas of the Sinai
- C. The Gavish Sabkha — A Case Study
- 8. Introduction
- 9. Geomorphology, Mineralogy and Groundwater Geochemistry as Factors of the Hydrodynamic System of the Gavish Sabkha
- 10. The Ras Muhammad Pool: Implications for the Gavish Sabkha
- 11 Salinity and Water Activity Related Zonation of Microbial Communities and Potential Stromatolites of the Gavish Sabkha
- 12. Structure and Physiology of Square-shaped and Other Halophilic Bacteria from the Gavish Sabkha
- 13. Photoactive Pigments in Halobacteria from the Gavish Sabkha
- 14. Photosynthetic Microorganisms of the Gavish Sabkha
- 15. The Fauna of the Gavish Sabkha and the Solar Lake — a Comparative Study
- 16. Trace Metal Concentrations in Sediments from the Gavish Sabkha
- 17. Biogeochemistry of Gavish Sabkha Sediments I. Studies on Neutral Reducing Sugars and Lipid Moieties by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
- 18. Biogeochemistry of Gavish Sabkha Sediments II. Pyrolysis Mass Spectrometry of the Laminated Microbial Mat in the Permanently Water-Covered Zone Before and After the Desert Sheetflood of 1979
- 19. Carbon Isotope Geochemistry and 14C Ages of Microbial Mats from the Gavish Sabkha and the Solar Lake
- D. Applied Aspects and Paleoecology
- 20. Introduction
- 21. A Paleobiological Perspective onSabkhas
- 22. Applied and Economic Aspects of Sabkha Systems — Genesis of Salt, Ore and Hydrocarbon Deposits, and Biotechnology
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Taxonomic Index