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National newspaper and magazine article list – Dr. Meththika Vithanage

  1. Meththika Vithanage. Nature’s wonder; mangrove plants. “Soba Dahama Dayada Kala Kadolana Shaka Prajawa”, 04 June 1997, Dinamina.

Mangroves are defined as assemblages of salt tolerant trees that grow in the intertidal regions of the tropical and subtropical coastlines. These trees possess highly adapted mechanisms to safe guard their lives in the lagoonal environments with high salinity than the surface water. This article explains those mechanisms in simple terms.