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From

Vegetation Structure and Species Distribution of Mangroves along a Soil Salinity Gradient in a Micro Tidal Estuary on the North-western Coast of Sri Lanka

K. A. R. S Perera, M. D. Amarasinghe, S. Somaratna

American Journal of Marine Science. 2013, 1(1), 7-15
  • Figure 1. Study sites located at Oya estuary
  • Figure 2.The relationship between vegetation structure in terms of complexity index (CI) with distance upstream from sea mouth of Kala Oya estuary
  • Figure 3. Density of constituent plant species of mangrove stands occupying areas with varying soil salinities distributed within a distance of 3.5 km at Kal Oya estuary
  • Figure 4. Variation of total tree biomass and total organic carbon content with soil salinity along a distance of 3.5 km in Kala Oya estuary
  • Figure 5. Relationship between potential gross primary productivity and soil salinity of Kala Oya estuary
  • Figure 6. Relationship between mangrove species diversity and soil salinity of Kala Oya estuary
  • Figure 7. Final results of the extraction of principal components plot in rotated space
  • Figure 8. Distribution pattern of each sampling plot in study sites