MEBIN- Title
- MA14: A review of floral composition and distribution of mangroves in Sri Lanka
- Abstract
Recently published reports list numbers and distributions of Sri Lankan mangrove species that outnumber the actual species present in the field. The present study serves to review this literature and highlight the causes of such apparently large species numbers, while providing an objective and realistic review of the mangrove species actually present in Sri Lanka today. This study is based on standardized fieldwork over a 4-year period using well established diagnostic identification keys...
- Publication Date
- May 21, 2018, 4:34 a.m.
- Keywords
- remote sensing , Xylocarpus granatum , Avicennia marina , Heritiera littoralis , conservation , Lumnitzera racemosa , species composition , Ceriops tagal , Bruguiera cylindrica , Rhizophora mucronata , Sonneratia alba , identification errors , mangrove associates , Aegiceras corniculatum , Excoecaria agallocha , Ceriops decandra , biogeography
- Category
- Coastal and Marine Sensitive Habitats
- flora and/or fauna in natural environment. Examples: wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sealife, wetlands, habitat
- Regions
- M 2
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
Jayatissa, L.P., Dahdouh-Guebas, F. and Koedam, N. (2002). A review of floral composition and distribution of mangroves in Sri Lanka, Botanical Journal of th...
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