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Distribution and zonation pattern of mangrove forest in Shoal Bay Creek, Andaman Islands, India

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Title Distribution and zonation pattern of mangrove forest in Shoal Bay Creek, Andaman Islands, India
 
Creator Yuvaraj, E.
Dharanirajan, K.
Jayakumar, S.
Saravanan
Balasubramaniam, J.
 
Subject Mangrove
Zonation pattern
Shoal Bay
Andaman
Remote Sensing and GIS
 
Description 597-604
Mangrove forest distributed throughout the coast of South Andaman Island varies from small patches to dense forest. In the field survey the various species of mangroves dominated in appropriate zones were identified. The coordinates of field survey were used to perform the supervised classification. Zones are classified from seaward to landward end and they are distributed as Seaward fringes, Tall Dense Rhizophora, Rhizophora-Ceriops dense, Xylocarpus mixed, Bruguiera Clumps and Landward Back mangroves. Total area of mangroves in Shoal Bay creek was estimated around 2912.97ha out of this 1688.72 ha of forest occupies by the Dense Rhizophora community and forms strong zonation in the entire creek. In the spices point of view Rhizophora mucronata and R. apiculata are the most dominant species of the creek which present in all the zones in all sub-tidal creeks of Shoal Bay.
 
Date 2017-03-17T05:26:47Z
2017-03-17T05:26:47Z
2017-03
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/40797
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.46(03) [March 2017]