BIODIVERSITY OF MANGROVE FORESTS OF INDIAN SUNDARBANS AND ITS CONSERVATION

摘要

Living along the interface between land and sea, the mangrove forests support genetically diverse groups of aquatic as well as terrestrial organisms. Mangrove habitats constitute a diverse group of habitats such as core forests, water bodies (rivers, bays, intertidal creeks, channels and back waters), mudflats, litter-forest floors and sea grass ecosystem (wherever these occur). Mangroves can exist and flourish under a wide range of salinity conditions, tidal aptitudes, winds, temperatures and in muddy and anaerobic soil conditions.