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Sand Dunes : ecology, geology and conservation /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,
[2011]
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| Colección: | Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- SAND DUNES: ECOLOGY, GEOLOGY AND CONSERVATION; SAND DUNES: ECOLOGY, GEOLOGY AND CONSERVATION; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; DUNE ECOSYSTEMS OF THE SOUTHERN PAMPEAN COAST (ARGENTINA): AN INSIGHT INTO FLORISTIC DIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; THE SOUTHERN PAMPEAN COAST
- GENERAL DESCRIPTION ; METHODOLOGY; RESULTS ; Geomorphological Units and Associated Vegetation ; Beach ; Active Dunes ; Fixed/Semifixed Dunes ; Dune Slacks ; Brackish Floodplains ; CONCLUSION ; Ecological Considerations ; Human Intervention ; Protection Status and Conservation Perspectives.
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES ; AEOLIAN SAND DUNE ENVIRONMENTS ; ABSTRACT ; WINDS, DESERTS AND COASTS ; SAND EROSION AND TRANSPORT ; Erosion ; Transport ; Sand Sedimentation ; Sand Sheets ; Ripples, Dunes and Draas ; Interdune Areas; TYPES OF AEOLIAN SAND SYSTEMS ; POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON SAND DUNES ; REFERENCES; FATTY ACID PROFILE OF RIPENED CANAVALIA SPLIT BEANS OF THE COASTAL SAND DUNES ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; MATERIALS AND METHODS ; Seed Samples ; Extraction of Lipids ; Fatty Acid Methyl Esters ; Gas Chromatography ; Data Analysis ; RESULTS ; Seed Features and Total Lipids.
- Fatty Acid Methyl Esters Ratios of Fatty Acid ; DISCUSSION ; CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES; THE GEOLOGY OF SAND DUNES; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SAND MOBILIZATION ; 3. DUNE GROWTH AND MOVEMENT ; 4. TYPES OF SAND DUNES ; 1. Barchan Dunes ; 2. Longitoidinal Dunes ; 3. Transverse Dunes ; 4. Parabolic Dunes; 5. Barchanoid Dunes; 6. Star Dunes ; 5. EXAMPLES ; 1. The Great Sand Dunes ; 2. White Sands National Monument ; 3. Al Rub Al Khali (Empty Quarter) ; 4. The Wahiba Sands ; 6. INTERDUNES ENVIRONMENT; 1. Erosional Interdunes ; 2. Dry Interdunes.
- 3. Damp-Wet Interdunes 4. Evaporitic Interdunes ; REFERENCES ; IMPROVING WATER REGIMES OF LOAMY SAND FOR WHEAT CULTIVATION BY ADDING SILT LOAM ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; METHODOLOGY; 1. Experimental Site and Treatments ; 2. Wheat Cultivation and Irrigation Management ; 3. Data Recording and Analyses; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ; 1. Soil Properties ; 2. Water Regimes ; 3. Water Use Efficiency ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; THE SAHARA: A DESERT OF CHANGE; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; DATA SET ; METHODS ; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ; Precipitation; Temperature ; Wind Direction ; Topography ; REFERENCES.
- VERTEBRATE DIVERSITY IN THE THAR DESERT, INDIA ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; Physiography ; Climate ; Rainfall ; VEGETATION ; MATERIALS AND METHODS ; RESULTS ; Birds; SPECIES RICHNESS AND ABUNDANCE ; DIVERSITY INDICES ; MAMMALS ; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF SPROUTED SEEDS OF COASTAL SAND DUNE LEGUME CANAVALIA MARITIMA ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; MATERIALS AND METHODS ; Seed Samples ; Processing ; Proximate Analysis ; Protein Fractions ; Mineral Analysis ; Amino Acid Analysis ; Protein Digestibility ; Fatty Acid Analysis ; Antinutritional Factors.