Note: Intro -- Sabkha Ecosystems -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Disclaimer -- Sabkha Regions of Tropical East Africa -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Inland Sabkhat -- 2.1 Saline Sabkhat -- 2.2 Vegetation -- 2.3 Alkaline Sabkhat -- 3 Coastal Sabkhat -- 3.1 Vegetation -- 4 Utilisation and Economic Importance -- 5 Conservation and Designated Protected Areas -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- A Review of Fauna and Flora Associated with Coastal and Inland Saline Flats from Namibia with Special Reference to the Etosha -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Etosha Pan -- 1.2 Coastal Flats -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Fauna -- 3.1.1 Etosha Pan -- 3.1.1.1 Mammals -- 3.1.1.2  Birds -- 3.1.1.3   Herpetofauna -- 3.1.1.4  Fish -- 3.1.2 Coastal Saline Flats -- 3.1.2.1 Mammals -- 3.1.2.2  Birds -- 3.1.2.3  Herpetofauna -- 3.1.2.4 Fish -- 3.2 Flora -- 3.2.1 Etosha Pan -- 3.2.2 Coastal Saline Flats -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Introducing the Namib Desert Playas -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Results -- 2.1 The Silver Lake Playas -- 2.2 The Welwitschia Flats Playas -- 2.3 The Okahandja Lineament Playas -- 2.4 Water Chemistry -- 3 Discussion -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Quantitative Eolian Transport of Evaporite Salts from the Makgadikgadi Depression (Ntwetwe and Sua Pans) in Northeastern Bots -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Hydrogeology -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Palaeo-Ecological Aspects of Farafra Oasis (Egyptian Sabkha) During the Mid-Neolithic Period (7130-6190 BP): A Multivariate Ana -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Palaeo-Economic Interpretations -- 6 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Overview of Halophytic Plants of the Sudanese Red Sea Salt Marsh -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Study Area -- 2.1 Red Sea State -- 2.1.1 Basic data -- 3 Objectives -- 4 Literature Review. , 5 Methodology -- 6 Results -- 6.1 Floristic Composition -- 7 Potential Threats -- 8 Discussion -- 9 Managerial Aspects -- 10 Conclusions -- References -- A General Assessment of Marine Turtle Nesting Activity on the Libyan Saline Coast -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Material and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- References -- Current Challenges and Future Opportunities for a Sustainable Utilization of Halophytes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Soil Bioremediation by Desalination-Efficient Halophytes -- 3 Heavy Metal Phytoextraction -- 4 Halophytes for Livestock Production -- 5 Halophytes for Oil Production -- 6 Halophytes with Medicinal Potential and for Cosmetics -- 7 Agroforestry Ecwosystems and Carbon Sequestration -- 8 Conclusions and Perspectives -- References -- The Salt Marsh (Sabkha) in the Western Part of Libya -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Material and Methods -- 2.1 Study Area -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Halophyte-Fodder Species Association May Improve Nutrient Availability and Biomass Production of the Sabkha Ecosystem -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Material and Methods -- 2.1 Experimental Site and Sampling Periods -- 2.2 Plant Sampling Method -- 2.3 Soil Sampling Method -- 2.4 Mineral Elements -- 2.5 Statistical Analysis -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Vegetation Inventory -- 3.2 Soil Salinity -- 3.3 Soil Fertility -- 3.4 Ecosystem Productivity -- 3.5 Nutrient Uptake -- 3.6 Na+ Accumulation -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Potential Role of Salt Marshes in the Sabkhas of Egypt -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Salt Marshes in Egypt -- 3 Salt Marshes as Potential Habitats -- 4 Prospects of Halophytes as Animal Feeds -- References -- Halophyte plant diversity, coastal habitat types and their conservation status in Cyprus -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geology, Hydrology, Soils and Climate -- 3 Plant Diversity. , 4 Endemic, Rare and Threatened Plants of Cyprus -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Salt-Affected Soils and Their Native Vegetation in Hungary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Environmental Conditions in Hungary -- 3 Meteorological Conditions -- 4 Hydrological Conditions -- 5 Soil Conditions -- 6 Groundwater Conditions -- 7 The Formation of the SAS of Hungary -- 8 Classification of Hungarian Salt-Affected Soils -- 9 Solonchak Soils (Total Area 47 km2) -- 10 Solonchak-Solonetz Soils (Total Area 659 km2) -- 11 Meadow Solonetz Soils (Total Area 2,749 km2) -- 12 Deep Mollic Solonetz (Total Area 2,122 km2) -- 13 Secondary Salt-Affected Soil (Not Distinguished on the Agrotopo Database as Polygons) -- 14 The Utilization of SAS in Hungary -- 15 Information Available on the Spatial Extent of SAS -- 16 Agrotopo Map Database -- 16.1 The 1:25,000 Soil Information System (Kreybig Digital Soil Information System) -- 16.2 Genetic Soil Maps of 1:10,000 Scale -- 17 Exemplary Data of Hungarian Salt-Affected Soils -- 18 Vegetation of Saline and Sodic Areas -- 19 Example of the Soil and Vegetation Conditions in Two Characteristic Kiskunság Sites -- 20 Utilization of Halophytes in Hungary -- References -- Halophytes in Republic of Macedonia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Genesis and Classification of Saline Soils -- 3 Plant Diversity of Saline Soils -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Low-Cost Mapping of Sabkha-Ecosystems Using Satellite Imagery: An Example from SE Qatar -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Geoengine: Data Acquisition -- 3 Geographical Aspects of the Study Area -- 4 Methods -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Index.