ForestsClimatologyGlobal warmingPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to emphasise mangrove reforestation as a countermeasure for climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Godavari Delta in India. Design/methodology/approach – Restoration of the mangrove forest in the Godavari Delta near Kakinada...
Mangrove forest acts as a buffer against the storm waves, tidal waves, tsunami waves, littoral currents and shoreline erosion of the coastal fringes in intertidal region. However, the natural impacts are strongly felt on the fringing forests of different physiographic settings on India's East Coast...
We quantified the interacting associations of species richness, functional diversity and functional composition of mangrove forests with different blue carbon storage in the Sundarbans Reserved Forest, one of the largest mangrove forests in the world and among the largest carbon deposits in the tropics16...
and by recreational means, utilize mangrove habitat at some point in their life cycle. Amphipods, fiddler crabs, killifish and minnows live in mangroves and eat detritus. Lobster larvae floating in the plankton, migrate to the roots of red mangroves. They consume...
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which accounts for nearly 9.5% of the total mangrove vegetation in India is the least disturbed and the best preserved in India. Due to its remoteness and low anthropogenic pressure the virgin mangrove forests are still prevalent Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Rural ...
Forests are most critical components for taking carbon out of circulation for long periods of time. Of the total amount of carbon tied up in earthbound forms, an estimated 90% is contained in the world's forests, which includes trees, forest floor (litter) and forest soil. For each cubic ...
Mosquitoes of the mangrove forests of India: Part six - Kundapur, Karnataka and Kannur, Kerala Mosquitoes of 26 species belonging to 16 subgenera and I I genera were recorded in the Kundapur mangroves of Karnataka, and 17 species belonging to I I sub... Rajavel,AR,Natarajan,... - 《J ...
Intertidal mangrove forests are a wetland ecosystem composed of halophytic tree and shrub species and associated terrestrial and marine fauna. Mangroves are found across a large proportion of coastlines in the tropics and subtropics. Mangrove species diverged genetically from related terrestrial species appr...
Mangroves are an important part of the natural ecosystem and a fascinating place to travel to. Be it the vast Amazon forests or Pantanals in Brazil, or Sundarbans in India, or parts of Okavango delta in Botswana, boating along each of these mangrove forests is a life changing experience. Pa...
Managing mangroves in Bangladesh: A strategy analysis Bangladesh, favoured by a tropical climate, houses the world's largest stretch of mangroves forests (Sundarbans Reserved Forest) and plantations. Around ha... MS Iftekhar,MR Islam - 《Journal of Coastal Conservation》 被引量: 129发表: 2004年 ...