Chemical and morphological characteristics of phytogenic mounds (nabkhas) in Kuwait

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 114-123

  Ahmed, Modi Mohammed ^a   Al Dousari, Ali Mohammed ^a   Baby, Saji ^b  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b Wataniya Environmental Services Co   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Dominant plant; Morphology characteristics; Nabkha

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; PELLETIZING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEOLIAN PROCESS; DESERT ECOSYSTEM; DOMINANT PLANT; ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; NABKHA; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PLANT SPECIES; SOIL RESOURCES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

LANDFORMS;

ARID REGION; BIOACCUMULATION; DESERT; DICOTYLEDON; DUNE FIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERENNIAL PLANT; PH; SABKHA; SEDGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST];

CITRULLUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CYPERUS; HALOCNEMUM; HALOXYLON; LYCIUM; NITRARIA; RHANTERIUM; SALICORNIA; TAMARIX;

EID: 77958167457     PISSN: 19859899     EISSN: 25360051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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