Biodiversity of Halophytic Vegetation in Chott Zehrez Lake of Djelfa (Algeria)英文文献资料.docVIP

American Journal of Plant Sciences, 2012, 3, 1527-1534 1527 /10.4236/ajps.2012.311184 Published Online November 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ajps) Biodiversity of Halophytic Vegetation in Chott Zehrez Lake of Djelfa (Algeria) Bouzid Nedjimi , Brahim Beladel , Brahim Guit 1* 2 1 1 Laboratoire d’Exploration et Valorisation des Ecosystèmes Steppiques, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université de Djelfa, Djelfa, Algeria; Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université de Djelfa, Djelfa, Algeria. 2 Email: bnedjimi@yahoo.fr * Received August 10 , 2012; revised September 17 , 2012; accepted October 15 , 2012 th th th ABSTRACT Mediterranean large lakes play an important role in providing a range of ecosystem functions and supporting biodiver- sity. The conservation and management of these lakes require more detailed knowledge of their ecology and environ- ment-vegetation relationships. Chotts are probably the most poorly understood lake ecosystems. Chott Zehrez (Djelfa) as a large, shallow lake ecosystem in Algerian steppes, where wetlands are important part of their productivity. Despite the status of chott Zehrez lake as a Ramsar site, the main threat to its conservation is the private nature of surrounding land holdings in addition to the lack of knowledge and awareness by the local population of the importance of lake ecosystems. A wealth of halophytic flora exists which can be exploited for an array of uses like fodder, fuel wood, oil- seed, medicines, landscaping, and environment conservation through carbon sequestration. A total 112 species belong- ing to 26 families and 39 genera were recorded. The sabkha flora includes 9 endangered and endemic species such as Avena bromoid