Effect of vegetation structure on carbon assimilation capacity of mangrove ecosystems in the East coast of Sri Lanka

Title: Effect of vegetation structure on carbon assimilation capacity of mangrove ec...
Abstract: The term ‘mangrove’ describes both the ecosystem and the plant families that have developed specialized adaptations to live in the tidal environment (Tomlinson, 1986). Preliminary study on diversity of the mangrove stands at Irakkandy lagoon (Trincomalee) was investigated to document the status of the mangrove forest and the mangrove distribution in relation to the soil salinity variation. Due to the past two decades war dilemma and present developmental activities increase the pressure o...
Publication Date: Aug. 30, 2017, 2:09 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 4 , JS 5
Owner: prds1

Language: English
Supplemental Information: Perera, K. A. R. S., and M. D. Amarasinghe (2014). Effect of vegetation structure on carbon assimilation capacity of mangrove ecosystems in the East coast o...

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