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Changes in the Invasion Rate of Prosopis juliflora and Its Impact on Depletion of Groundwater in the Northern Part of the United Arab Emirates

Prosopis species were introduced to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) region for desert greening. However, the species now pose a great threat to the native plant diversity. This study used high-resolution satellite imagery (1990–2019) to understand the history and current distribution of Prosopis spec...

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Autores principales: Howari, Fares M., Sharma, Manish, Nazzal, Yousef, El-Keblawy, Ali, Mir, Shajrat, Xavier, Cijo M., Salem, Imen Ben, Al-Taani, Ahmed A., Alaydaroos, Fatima
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8912357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35270152
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11050682
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author Howari, Fares M.
Sharma, Manish
Nazzal, Yousef
El-Keblawy, Ali
Mir, Shajrat
Xavier, Cijo M.
Salem, Imen Ben
Al-Taani, Ahmed A.
Alaydaroos, Fatima
author_facet Howari, Fares M.
Sharma, Manish
Nazzal, Yousef
El-Keblawy, Ali
Mir, Shajrat
Xavier, Cijo M.
Salem, Imen Ben
Al-Taani, Ahmed A.
Alaydaroos, Fatima
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description Prosopis species were introduced to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) region for desert greening. However, the species now pose a great threat to the native plant diversity. This study used high-resolution satellite imagery (1990–2019) to understand the history and current distribution of Prosopis species and their impact on fresh groundwater. The results show that the Prosopis invasion in the study area reached its maximum expansion rate in 2019 and covered an area of about 16 km(2) compared to 0.2 km(2) in 1990. The areas near Sharjah Airport, Umm Fannan, and Al Talla, located at a lower elevation of the sand dune area, are heavily invaded. Prosopis groundwater requirement derived using evapotranspiration shows that groundwater consumption has changed drastically after 2010 and consumed about 22.22 million m(3) of groundwater in 2019, which is about a 7372% increase in groundwater consumption from the year 1990 to 2019. The results can be useful for setting up a management plan for the sustainable use of this species in the UAE region in particular and other similar countries in the arid land regions that are suffering from freshwater depletion because of Prosopis invasion.
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spelling pubmed-89123572022-03-11 Changes in the Invasion Rate of Prosopis juliflora and Its Impact on Depletion of Groundwater in the Northern Part of the United Arab Emirates Howari, Fares M. Sharma, Manish Nazzal, Yousef El-Keblawy, Ali Mir, Shajrat Xavier, Cijo M. Salem, Imen Ben Al-Taani, Ahmed A. Alaydaroos, Fatima Plants (Basel) Article Prosopis species were introduced to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) region for desert greening. However, the species now pose a great threat to the native plant diversity. This study used high-resolution satellite imagery (1990–2019) to understand the history and current distribution of Prosopis species and their impact on fresh groundwater. The results show that the Prosopis invasion in the study area reached its maximum expansion rate in 2019 and covered an area of about 16 km(2) compared to 0.2 km(2) in 1990. The areas near Sharjah Airport, Umm Fannan, and Al Talla, located at a lower elevation of the sand dune area, are heavily invaded. Prosopis groundwater requirement derived using evapotranspiration shows that groundwater consumption has changed drastically after 2010 and consumed about 22.22 million m(3) of groundwater in 2019, which is about a 7372% increase in groundwater consumption from the year 1990 to 2019. The results can be useful for setting up a management plan for the sustainable use of this species in the UAE region in particular and other similar countries in the arid land regions that are suffering from freshwater depletion because of Prosopis invasion. MDPI 2022-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8912357/ /pubmed/35270152 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11050682 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Howari, Fares M.
Sharma, Manish
Nazzal, Yousef
El-Keblawy, Ali
Mir, Shajrat
Xavier, Cijo M.
Salem, Imen Ben
Al-Taani, Ahmed A.
Alaydaroos, Fatima
Changes in the Invasion Rate of Prosopis juliflora and Its Impact on Depletion of Groundwater in the Northern Part of the United Arab Emirates
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title_full Changes in the Invasion Rate of Prosopis juliflora and Its Impact on Depletion of Groundwater in the Northern Part of the United Arab Emirates
title_fullStr Changes in the Invasion Rate of Prosopis juliflora and Its Impact on Depletion of Groundwater in the Northern Part of the United Arab Emirates
title_full_unstemmed Changes in the Invasion Rate of Prosopis juliflora and Its Impact on Depletion of Groundwater in the Northern Part of the United Arab Emirates
title_short Changes in the Invasion Rate of Prosopis juliflora and Its Impact on Depletion of Groundwater in the Northern Part of the United Arab Emirates
title_sort changes in the invasion rate of prosopis juliflora and its impact on depletion of groundwater in the northern part of the united arab emirates
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8912357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35270152
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11050682
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