Plant succession and its optimization on tar-polluted coasts in the Arabian Gulf region

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-158

  Hegazy, Ahmad K ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Bioremediation; Plant growth; Seed bank; Succession; Tar disturbances; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

TAR;

COASTAL ECOSYSTEM; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION; HABITAT RESTORATION; OIL POLLUTION; SUCCESSION; TAR-PILES;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GROWTH RATE; MOISTURE; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTION; SEASHORE;

PERSIAN GULF; QATAR;

AELOROPUS LAGOPOIDES; AIZOON CANARIENSE; ANABASIS SETIFERA; FAGONIA INDICA; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM NODIFLORUM; REICHARDIA TINGITANA; SALSOLA IMBRICATA; SENECIO GLAUCUS; SPOROBOLUS ARABICUS; SUAEDA AEGYPTIACA; ZYGOPHYLLUM QUATARENSE; ZYGOPHYLLUM SIMPLEX;

EID: 0030709308     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892997000210     Document Type: Article

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