University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Theses and Dissertations 12-2014 Structure, Aboveground Biomass, and Soil Characterization of Avicennia marina in Eastern Mangrove Lagoon National Park, Abu Dhabi Tareefa Alsumaiti University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd Part of the Geographic Information Sciences Commons, Remote Sensing Commons, and the Soil Science Commons Recommended Citation Alsumaiti, Tareefa, "Structure, Aboveground Biomass, and Soil Characterization of Avicennia marina in Eastern Mangrove Lagoon National Park, Abu Dhabi" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. 2120. http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/2120 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Structure, Aboveground Biomass, and Soil Characterization of Avicennia marina in Eastern Mangrove Lagoon National Park, Abu Dhabi Structure, Aboveground Biomass, and Soil Characterization of Avicennia marina in Eastern Mangrove Lagoon National Park, Abu Dhabi A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Dynamics by Tareefa Saad Sultan Alsumaiti United Arab Emirates University Bachelor of Geography, 2008 Arizona State University Master of Advanced Study in Geographic Information Systems, 2010 December 2014 University of Arkansas This dissertation is approved for recommendation to the Graduate Council. ______________________________________ Dr. Jason A. Tullis Dissertation Director ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Dr. Thomas R. Paradise Dr. Fred Limp Committee Member Committee Member Abstract Mangrove forests are national treasures of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other arid countries with limited forested areas.