Biology-Mangroves
Mangroves are woody plants or plant community’s which live between the sea and the land in areas that have tides. Therefore they are found on coastlines all around the world where the water is warm enough. They can be trees but (like a ‘rainforest plant’) they can also be shrubs or palms. All share the ability to live in salt water.Mangrove plants have had to adapt quite a lot in order to survive in their marine environment. Their water intake is saline so they have had to make adaptations in order to rid themselves of the excess salt. One method is to excrete salt which has entered the system through their leaves. These leaves have special salt glands which are among the most active salt-secreting systems known. It is quite possible to see or even taste the salt on the leaf surfaces of species that choose this method. Another method is to reduce the uptake of salt at the roots. The last method of coping with salt is to concentrate it in bark or in older leaves
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Some common words found in the essay are:
, mangrove forests, human waste, mangrove communities, oxygen deficient,
Approximate Word count = 653
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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