MEBIN- Title
- Panama Lagoon: A unique mangrove ecosystem in the east coast of Sri Lanka, We...
- Abstract
Although the primary role of mangrove vegetations as photosynthetic primary producers, they are the basis of a complex and productive ecosystem. Mangrove forests in the tropics are threatened due to the immense human pressure especially through infrastructure development and aquaculture. Therefore, information on the change of mangrove species diversity in different climate conditions and in the location of the forest is useful for restoration and identifying the conservation needs. Specie...
- Publication Date
- Aug. 30, 2017, 2 a.m.
- Keywords
- Clerodendron inerme , Coastal and Marine Sensitive habitat , Exoecaria agallocha , Rhizophora mucronata , Phoenix zeylanica , Premna foetida , Derris scandens , Dolichandrone , Mangrove , Thespesia populnea , Desmodium umbellatum , Acanthus ilicifolius , Avicennia marina , Bruguiera sexangula , Lumnitzera racemosa. Bruguiera gymnorhiza , Rhizophora apiculata , Calophyllum inophyllum , Terminalia arjuna , Hibiscus tiliaceus , Cassia auriculata , Pemphis acidula , Calotropis gigantea , spathacea , Cerbera odollam
- 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 4
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
Ellepola and Ranawana (2015). Panama Lagoon: A unique mangrove ecosystem in the east coast of Sri Lanka, Wetlands Sri Lanka, Central Environmental Authority,...
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