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Hypersaline Ecosystems : the Gavish Sabkha / edited by Gerald M. Friedman, Wolfgang E. Krumbein.

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Main Author: Friedman, Gerald M.
Other Authors: Krumbein, Wolfgang E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1985.
Series:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, ; 53.
Subjects:
Life sciences.
Geology.
Oceanography.
Sedimentology.
Ecology.
Nature conservation.
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 on Sabkhas
  • 22. Applied and Economic Aspects of Sabkha Systems
  • Genesis of Salt, Ore and Hydrocarbon Deposits, and Biotechnology
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Taxonomic Index.

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