Sand Dunes : ecology, geology and conservation / Cory D. Galvin, editor.
Material type: TextSeries: Environmental science, engineering and technology seriesPublisher: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2011]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781612094823
- 1612094821
- 577.5/83 22
- QH541.5.S26
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English.
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.
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