An Unusual Inverted Saline Microbial Mat Community in an Interdune Sabkha in the Rub' al Khali (the Empty Quarter), United Arab Emirates
Fig 1
Map adapted from Böer [27] showing the approximate field location (red dot) of the Liwa Oasis Sabkhas.
White areas are hyper-arid, stippled grey areas are arid, dark areas are semi-arid and grey areas are sub-humid. Very light grey is the Arabian Gulf. The UAE boader is shown as a dotted line.