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Restoration of the Mesopotamian Marshlands
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Bibliography - Soils

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1. Abdullah, S.K. and D.A. Hassan. 1995. Isolation of Dermatophytes and Other Keratinophilic Fungi from, Surface Sediments of the Shatt Al-Arab River and Its Creeks at Basra, Iraq. Mycoses, 38(3-4): p. 163-166.

2. Bernstein, L. and M. Fireman. 1957. Laboratory Studies on Salt Distribution in FGurrow Irrigated Soil with Special Reference to the Pre-Emergence Period. Soil Science, 83: p. 249-263.

3. Bernstein, L. and L.E. Francois. 1973. Leaching Requirement Studies: Sensitivity of Alfalfa to Salinity of Irrigation and Drainage Waters. in Proceedings of the Soil Society of America.

4. Boyer, K.E.a.J.B.Z. 1998. Effects of nitrogen additions on the vertical structure of a constructed cordgrass marsh. Ecological Applications, 8: p. 692-705.

5. Callaway, J.C., G. Sullivan, and J. B. Zelder. In press. Species-rich planting increase biomass and nitrogen accumulation in a wetland restoration experiment. Ecological Applications.

6. Clark, M., S. Jarvis, and E. Maltby. 2001. An Improved technique for measuring concentrations of soil gases at dept in situ. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 32(3-4): p. 369-377.

7. Felker, P., et al. 1981. Salinity tolerance of the Tree Legumes: Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana, P. velutina and P. articulata), Algarrobo (P. chilensis), Kiawe (P. pallida), and Tamarugo (P. tamarugo) Grown in Sand Culture on Nitrogen-Free Media. Plant and Soil, 61: p. 311-317.

8. Guest, E.R. 1966. Flora of Iraq Volume One.  Introduction to the Flora, an account of the geology, soils, climate, and ecology of Iraq with gazetteer, glossary and bibliography. Iraq: Min. Agic. 313.

9. Hussein, M.H. 1996. An analysis of rainfall, runoff and erosion in the low rainfall zone of northern Iraq. Journal of Hydrology, 181(1-4): p. 105-126.

10. Ionides, M.G. and G.S. Blaikie. 1940. Report on the water resources of Trans-Jordan and their development. London.

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11. Langis, R., M. Zalejko, and J. B. Zedler. 1991. Nitrogen assessments in a constructed and a natural salt marsh of San Diego Bay, California. Ecological Applications, 1: p. 40-51.

12. Raines, M.A. and T.A. Dewers. 1997. Mixed transport/reaction control of gypsum dissolution kinetics in aqueous solutions and initiation of gypsum karst. Chemical Geology, 140(1-2): p. 29-48.

13. Ravikovitch, S. 1948. Peat soils and soils rich in organic matter in the Hulek Valley. Vol. 47: Jewish Agency for Palestine Agr. Res. Sta. B. 32.

14. Reifenberg, A. 1938. The Soils of Palestine. London.

15. Service, N.R.C. 1996. NRCS national hydric soils list. Ames, Iowa.

16. Staff, U.S.S.L. 1954. Diagnosis and Improvement of Saline and Alkaline Soils. In USDA Handbook no. 60. GPO: Washington, D. C.

17. Talling, J.F. 1980. Water Characteristics. In Euphrates and Tigris, Mesopotamian Ecology and Destiny, J. Ilies, Editor. The Hague-Boston-London. p. 63-79.

18. Younes, H.A., M.A. Zahran, and E.M. El-Qurashy. 1983. Vegetation-Soil relationship of sea-inlandward transect, Red Sea Coast, Saudi Arabia. J. of Arid Environ, 6: p. 349-356.

19. Zahary, M. 1945. Outline of the vegetation in the Wadi Arabia. Journal of Ecology, 32: p. 204-214.

20. Zohary, M. 1973. Geobotanical foundations of the Middle East. Vol. 1-2. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer Verlag.

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