This book is a part of the Sabkha Ecosystems series which was designed to provide information
on sabkha ecosystems of different regions and to add to the collective knowledge available
about saline ecosystems. The comprehensive coverage assists the reader gaining a thorough
understanding of sabkha geology hydrology geomorphology zoology botany ecology and
ecosystem functioning as well as sabkha conservation utilization and development. Volume I
focused on The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries volume II was based on describing
saline ecosystems of West and Central Asia volume III referred to Africa and Southern Europe
while volume IV focused on Cash Crop Halophyte and Biodiversity Conservation. The present
volume V focuses on Americans.
