Term

mangrove forest

Term

A community of salt-tolerant tress and shrubs, with many other associated organisms, that grows on some tropical and sub-tropical coasts in a zone roughly coinciding with the intertidal zone.

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Source:

EEA Glossary

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Comment

Definition source publication

IMO/UNESCO/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP. Joint Group of Experts of the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection. Protecting the oceans from land-based activities.

Publication year

Definition source URL

http://glossary.eea.europa.eu/EEAGlossary

Organisation

IMO/UNESCO/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP

Organisation full name

Subjects

Long definition