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dc.contributor.authorWafar, S.
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-05T04:36:26Z
dc.date.available2009-05-05T04:36:26Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.identifier.citationConservation of mangrove forest genetic resources: A training manual, Ed. by: Deshmukh, S.V.; Balaji, V. 197-199p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2643
dc.description.abstractThe term 'mangroves' refers to an assemblage of different flowering plants which can grow in saline brackish water areas like creeks, backwaters, estuaries and deltas. Mangrove forest cover in the tropical area is about 0.5 million km sup(2) and this sorts into two distinct geographical assemblages (1) Indo-Pacific region, comprising of South-east Pacific archipelago as far East as Samoa and (2) West Africa - American region comprising of Atlantic coast of tropical America and the Galapagos Islands. The total number of plants that exclusively occur in mangrove habitats is 60 including two genera of palms - Nyya and Phoenix.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherM.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Madras, India
dc.rightsCopyright [1994]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.titleAspects of productivity of mangroves
dc.typeBook Chapter


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