A Preliminary study on Vegetation structure and mangrove diversity in Irakkandy lagoon, Trincomalee

Title: A Preliminary study on Vegetation structure and mangrove diversity in Irakka...
Abstract: Density of tree species that were destructed by 2004-Tsunami, civil unrest and shrimp farmpractice in Mattikali-Bar road (MB), Kokkuvil- Sathurukkondan-Thannamunai (KST) and Kokkoddicholai (KOK) were studied, respectively at the Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.Studies were conducted in parallel transects at 20m intervals across whole area of each site. The number of transects varied accordingly (MB-5,KST- 9 and KOK-3). The number of species(mangrove and others), number of trees, and numbers of seed...
Publication Date: Aug. 30, 2017, 1:29 a.m.
Keywords: Excoecaria agallocha , Mangrove , Coastal and Marine Sensitive habitat , Avicennia marina , Rhizophora apiculata , Lumnitzera racemosa
Category: Coastal and Marine Sensitive Habitats; flora and/or fauna in natural environment. Examples: wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sealife, wetlands, habitat
Regions: JS 5
Owner: prds1

Language: English
Supplemental Information: Krishnanantham, K. and Jayamanne, S.C.2015.Preliminary study on mangrove diversity in Irakkandy lagoon, Trincomalee ;Proceedings of the Research Symposium of...

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