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Mangroves of Kerala

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9778/
 
Title Mangroves of Kerala
 
Creator Kaladharan, P
Asokan, P K
 
Subject Marine Ecosystems
Mangroves
 
Description Mangroves plants are salt tolerant plants of tropical and subtropical intertidal regions of the world. These highly adapted plants have many peculiar features than their terrestrial and aquatic counterparts. The word ‘mangrove’ can also be used to describe the habitat as well as the plants. Mangroves are distributed in the tropical countries of the world. The mangrove ecosystem covers only 0,037 per cent of the world's surface or 0.12 per cent of the Earth’s land area
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2012
 
Type Teaching Resource
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9778/1/Vulnerable_Threatened_Marine_Ecosystems_Kaladharan_Asokan.pdf
Kaladharan, P and Asokan, P K (2012) Mangroves of Kerala. [Teaching Resource]