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3. Forest Structure and Community Composition of Cochin Mangroves, South-West Coast of India

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S. Sreelekshmi, C. V. Asha, S. Bijoy Nandan, and Varghese Rani

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Ecology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Diameter at breast height, Forestry, 01 natural sciences, Floristics, Basal area, Geography, Habitat, Forest structure, Ecosystem, West coast, Mangrove, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, General Environmental Science
Abstract

This study presents the structural characteristics of Cochin mangroves in Kerala for proposing suitable management and rejuvenation measures of degrading mangrove habitats. The floristic diversity of mangroves revealed 14 species of true mangroves belonging to six families. Multivariate analysis of true mangroves belonging to selected mangrove forests of the study area based on density could be classified into four floristic groups, a water front or low–tide zonation, mid-tide preferring species, high tide and landward zonation. Shannon Weiner index of the three stations revealed that Site I was having higher value (H′ = 2.66) followed by Site II (H′ = 2.01) and Site III (H′ = 1.595). The density of the mangroves varied significantly with sites and species (Global R = 0.537, P

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2016

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