Source Material
 
 
        The following references provided sources of  information about particular points and evidence for much of the material presented. 

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        Dagar, J.C; A.D Mongia; A.K. Bandyopadhyay. Mangroves of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ed. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. 166 p. 

        Deshmukh Sanjay; V. Balaji (1994) Conservation of Mangrove Forest Genetic Resource : A training manual. M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Madras, India  and International Tropical Timber Organization,  Yakhoma, Japan. 

        Field, C.D. (1995). Journey Amongst Mangroves, International Society for Mangrove Ecosystem, Okinawa, Japan, 140 pp. 

        Field, C.D. (1996). Restoration of Mangrove Ecosystem. International Society for Mangrove Ecosystem, Okinawa, Japan. 250 pp. 

        Naskar Kumudranjan (1993) Plant Wealth of the Lower Ganga Delta - An Ecotaxonomical Approach, Daya Publishing House, Delhi, India Vol. 1 : 389 pp. 

        Naskar Kumudranjan (1993) Plant Wealth of the Lower Ganga Delta - An Ecotaxonomical Approach, Daya Publishing House, Delhi, India Vol. 2 : 806 pp 

        Rathindranath Mandal. (1996). Morpho-anatomical studies of mangroves and halophytic algal flora of the Sundarbans in West Bengal (India) with special reference to their ecological adaptations. Ph.D. thesis, University of Calcutta, India. 498 pp.. 

        Singh, V.P.; Ajay Garge (1993) Ecology of Mangrove Swamps of the Andaman Island ed. International Book Distributor, Dehradun, India. 181 pp. 

        Shozo Kitamura; Chairil Anwar; Amalyos Chaniago; Shigeyuki Baba (1997) Handbook of Mangroves in Indonesia. International Society for mangrove Ecosystem (ISME), Okinawa, Japan. 119 pp. 

        Swaminathan, M.S.; S. Deshmukh (1995) Genetic engineering and adaptation to climatic changes. Establishment of a genetic resource centre for identifying and conserving candidate genes for use in the development transgenic plants, M.S. Swaminathan Reserach Foundation. 458 pp. 

        Swaminathan, M.S.; Sanjay Deshmukh and V. Balaji (1994) Establishment of an International Network for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Mangrove Forest Genetic Resources. M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Madras, India and International Tropical Timber Organization, Yokohama, Japan. 61 pp. 

        Untawale, A.G.; T.G. Jagtap. Floristic composition of the deltaic region of India. Quaternary Deltas of India ed. Geological Survey of India pp 243-264 

        Untawale, A.G. (1987) Country : Report. In Mangrove of Asia and Pacific : Status and Management. A Technical Report of the UNDP/UNESCO Research and Training pilot programme on Mangrove Ecosystem in Asia and the Pacific. 

        Untawale, A.G.; S. Wafar. (1986) Coastal Karnataka and its eco-development. Karnataka State of Environment Report eds. Cecil J. Saldanha. Centre for Taxonomic Studies. pp 1-11.

       
        Mangroves Life on the Margin 1995 a film by Educational Media Research Institute, University of Poona, Prod. no. 791

        Fragile Earth a film by Michael Rosenber a production of Partridge Production Ltd.1983