Phytogenic hillocks and blow-outs as 'safe sites' for plants in an oil-contaminated area of northern Kuwait

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 242-249

  Brown, Gary ^a,b,c   Porembski, Stefan ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Abteilung Allgemeine and Spezielle Botanik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Haloxylon salicornicum; Oil contamination; Phytogenic hillocks; Safe sites; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

OIL;

BLOWOUT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; OIL POLLUTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECOLONIZATION;

ARTICLE; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM; KUWAIT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLUTION; SAFETY; SAND; VEGETATION;

KUWAIT;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HALOXYLON; HALOXYLON SALICORNICUM; RODENTIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0034525337     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892900000278     Document Type: Article

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