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MANGROVES OF AUSTRALIA in LOGANLEA, Queensland for sale

MANGROVES OF AUSTRALIA
MANGROVES OF AUSTRALIA
MANGROVES OF AUSTRALIA

Lear, Richard & Tom Turner.
MANGROVES OF AUSTRALIA
University of Queensland Press, St Lucia Queensland, 1977. 84 pages stiff card covers. Colour and black and white illustrations and line drawings. Glossary
147 grams
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What use do mangroves serve? In certain highly industrialized countries the authorities decided, somewhat arbitarily, that mangroves were of little use and began clearing mangrove swamps. Ironically (and most significantly) some of these countries are today replanting the same mangrove swamps they once cleared. For them the question has been answered - without doubt mangroves are not only useful but essential. Amongst the vital roles played by mangrove swamps are those of providing erosion resistance; forming a buffer against floods; providing essential breeding grounds for food fish; providing homes, feeding grounds, and refuges for many species of wildlife; and in general increasing the fertility of the littoral
The importance of the role played by mangrove swamps makes Mangroves of Australia a valuable book, but this is far from being its only recommendation. It is also the first of its kind - not another glossy natural science book for the coffee table, but a study which is well-researched and soundly-based on established scientific principles, being at the same time, so simply and clearly expressed that it will appeal equally to the interested layman, the student, the biologist, the conservationist, and the fisheries inspector
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