Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Structure and species distribution of mangrove forest at Uran

Volume 42 Issue 1&2

S. G. Yaragi, K. N. Babu and S. S. Yeragi.

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted in the mangrove mudflats of Raigad district in Uran creek (lat.20⁰29'N, long. 77⁰32'E). The mangrove of Uran creek is well-developed, much more productive and forms the base of the food chain. No other plant community in the world has perhaps attracted more scientific attention than the mangroves. They grow on a highly stressed habitat due to high amount of dissolved salts in its substratum and water which periodically covers the soil surface.

Date : 30-12-2000