1.Seawater irrigation studies in the United Arab Emirates - an introduction to the Al Ain Conference.- 11 Vegetation and descriptions of mangroves.- Geomorphological and climatic setting and the development of mangrove forests.- Halophytes in China: Floristic distribution and vegetation type.- A contribution to the halophytic vegetation and flora of Iran.- Environmental aspects of geographical distribution of mangrove in the United Arab Emirates.- Characteristics of mangrove soils and vegetation of Bay Islands in India.- Environment and vegetation of Sundarban mangrove forest.- Rehabilitation and management of mangrove forests of Pakistan.- Zonation and distribution of creek and fringe mangroves in the semi-arid Kenyan coast.- Mangroves of arid environments of Latin America.- Mangroves of arid regions of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.- Ecological parameters of the mangroves of semi-arid regions of Mexico: Important for ecosystem management.- Ecosystem analyses.- Mangrove ecosystem as soil, water and plant interactive system.- Net primary production, biomass turnover and transpiration efficiency of Porterasia coarctata Takeoka in Sundarbans mangrove swamps, India.- Study of biomass, litter fall and litter decomposition in managed and unmanaged mangrove forests of Andaman Islands.- Macrobenthic invertebrates of mangrove, Avicennia marina (Forskal), and of intertidal flats of Khor Kalba, U.A.E., Gulf of Oman.- Salt tolerant bacteria from the rhizosphere of mangrove plants.- Age-specific survival, mortality and reproduction, and prospects for conservation of the salt-tolerant Limonium delicatulum.- Physiological analyses Mangroves and saltmarsh species.- Influence of salinity on mangrove zonation.- Effect of salinity on the growth of some mangrove plants in Bangladesh.-Diurnal water relations and the salt content of two contrasting mangroves growing in hypersaline soils in tropical-arid Australia.- Physiological adaptations to different salinity levels in mangrove.- Effect of available rooting volume on seedling growth.- Soil aeration as an ecological factor governing mangrove zonation.- Preliminary studies on the effect of different salinity levels on germination, growth and anatomy of mangrove (Avicennia marina).- Interelement correlations in the mangrove, Rhizophora mangle L..- Biochemical changes induced by sodium carbonate and bicarbonate in the halophytes Suaeda maritima and Suaeda nudiflora of Tuticorin Coast.- Preliminary studies of growth of Triglochin striata.- Chemical analysis of Atriplex species grown at Nubaria in a calcareous soil.- Importance of mineral nutrient cycling for salinity tolerance of plants.- Plant growth response to salt stress.- Soil-plant-water relationships of Eclipta alba (Hassk.) in a salt-affected terrestrial ecosystem.- Phytohormonal approach to salinity resistance.- Elucidation of the role of osmoprotective compounds and osmoregulatory genes: The key role of bacteria.- Germination response under elevated salinities of six semi-arid bluebush species (Western Australia).- Utilization of mangroves and saltmarsh plants.- Constraints on the growth, propagation and utilization of mangroves in arid regions.- Human impact on the mangrove of Khor Farasan Island, Southern Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia.- Studies on the role of salt-tolerant plants in the formation and stabilization of coastal dunes of the deltaic Sunderbans, North-East coast of India.- Development of an intertidal mangrove nursery and afforestation techniques along the Indian coast.- Halophyte crops for direct salt water irrigation.- Adaptation of plants to saline conditions in arid regions.- Salt-tolerant plants for the arid regions of the Mediterranean isoclimatic zone.- On the ecology of Zygophyllum aegyptium in Egypt.- The effect of soil salt content on the internal structure of Zygophyllum ssp. in U.A.E. (A comparative study).- Utilization of high salinity tolerant plants and saline water by desert animals.- Australian experiences with high salinity diets for sheep.- Kochia: A new alternative for forage under high salinity conditions of Mexico.- Soil and water analyses.- Distribution pattern of soil microbial population in salt-affected soils.- The effect of salinity on some halophilic soil fungi.- Sulphur and irrigation management for salinity control in desert soils.- Sodic soil reclamation.- Salinity problems in acid sulfate coastal soils.- Soils of the mangrove habitats in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.- Comprehensive analytical modeling of transient phreatic surface in arid regions.- Index of keywords.
