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Satyanarayana B., Raman A.V., Dehairs F., Kalavati C., Chandramohan P., 2002. Mangrove floristic and zonation patterns of Coringa, Kakinada Bay, East Coast of India. Wetlands Ecology and Management 10: 25–39, 2002.
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Satyanarayana, B.; Raman, A. V.; Dehairs, F.; Kalavati, C.; Chandramohan, P.
2002
Mangrove floristic and zonation patterns of Coringa
Kakinada Bay, East Coast of India. Wetlands Ecology and Management
10, 25-39
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Studies (1996–’99) on the community structure of a mangrove forest in CoringaWildlife Sanctuary in the Godavari
estuarine system on the East Coast of India revealed altogether 15 species of mangroves represented by 8 families
and 10 genera besides, 6 associate plant species and 6 of marshgrass. Description of forest structure (PCQM
method) included measures of species composition, tree density, basal area and spatial distribution patterns of
component vegetation at 75 GPS fixed locations. Avicennia marina, A. officinalis, Excoecaria agallocha, Aegiceras
corniculatum, Sonneratia apetala, Ceriops decandra, Rhizophora apiculata and R. mucronata were the important
mangrove species. Tree density varied between 47 and 1731 stems/0.1 ha and basal area 0.1 and 10.9 m2/0.01 ha.
With the help of multivariate analysis (PRIMER) and based on species composition and tree density, it was possible
to subdivide the sites into five groups that showed characteristic zonation patterns. For example, E. agallocha was
typical of landward locations. A. marina (along with A. officinalis and A. alba) represented sites at the bed level and
neap high tide level. There was a large group of sites inhabited by diverse species (14) indicative of spring high tide
level conditions. Tidal elevation and ambient salinity appeared important in determining the observed zonation.
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Kakinada Bay for Acanthus ilicifolius L.
Kakinada Bay for Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco
Kakinada Bay for Avicennia alba Blume
Kakinada Bay for Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh.
Kakinada Bay for Avicennia officinalis L.
Kakinada Bay for Bruguiera cylindrica (L.) Blume
Kakinada Bay for Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Lam.
Kakinada Bay for Ceriops decandra (Griff.) W.Theob.
Kakinada Bay for Excoecaria agallocha L.
Kakinada Bay for Lumnitzera racemosa Willd.
Kakinada Bay for Rhizophora apiculata Blume
Kakinada Bay for Rhizophora mucronata Poir.
Kakinada Bay for Sonneratia apetala Banks
Kakinada Bay for Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engler
Kakinada Bay for Xylocarpus mekongensis Pierre
Kakinada Bay for Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco
Kakinada Bay for Avicennia alba Blume
Kakinada Bay for Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh.
Kakinada Bay for Avicennia officinalis L.
Kakinada Bay for Bruguiera cylindrica (L.) Blume
Kakinada Bay for Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Lam.
Kakinada Bay for Ceriops decandra (Griff.) W.Theob.
Kakinada Bay for Excoecaria agallocha L.
Kakinada Bay for Lumnitzera racemosa Willd.
Kakinada Bay for Rhizophora apiculata Blume
Kakinada Bay for Rhizophora mucronata Poir.
Kakinada Bay for Sonneratia apetala Banks
Kakinada Bay for Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engler
Kakinada Bay for Xylocarpus mekongensis Pierre