Subject Index
A
Abstention principle, 53
Adelaide (Australia), 220
Aerial roots, see Pneumatophores
Africa
difference of shores from Australian,
mangrove fauna of, 231
mangroves in, 219, 221
Agulhas current, 222
Algae, 117, 122, 159, 218
blue-green, 123, 239
green, 123, 239
Alluvium, 122
“fossil”, 122
AZpheus labyrinths, 200
Amphibians, 156
Anchoring roots, 138, 139
Anchoveta, 19, 32, 50
Annelids, 360
Ants, 151, 183
colonies, 182
nests of, 158
tailor, 151, 153, 182, 183
weaver, 158, 182
within mangals, 183
“Arrow worms”, 272
Asia, 219, see also regional entries
Associations, see Plant Associations
Atlantic, see North Atlantic
Australia
222
difference of shores from African,
mangroves in, 219, 220
species typical of, 231
Western, 231
difficulties of taxonomy of, 112
intermediates, 112
“nurse” effect of, 149
seaward fringe of, 112, 114
wide distribution of, 144
222
Avicennia
Avicennia parkland, 92, 102, 172,
174
B
Bacteria
nitrifying, 122
sulphate reducing, 122, 123
sulphur, 122
Barents Sea, fishing in, 10, 48
Barnacles, 115, 167
Barringtonia association, 87, 88, 89,
96, 125, 133, 225
Bashee river, 220, 221
Beaches
levelling of, 129
particle sizes of, 201
Bees, 157
Bengal, Bay of, SO, 96
Birds associated with mangals, 153-156
not specializcd, 181
Bivalves, 180, 218, 219
Blastogeriesis, 351
Borneo, 80, 83
eastern, 223, 230
Bostrychietum, 117
Bottom-living species, see Deniersal
Bruguiera cylindrica association, 107
Bruguiera forcsts, 105-108, 125, 126,
species
134, 218
animals of, 174
types of, 105
variants of, 107, 130
Hruguiera gymnorhiza association, 107
Bunbury (Australia), 220
Burrows, l68,172,174,179,18O,l84,200
importance in feeding of thalassinipermanent, 201
uses of, 214
deans, 208, 214
C
Cable roots, 137, 138, 140
Calcareous material, 121, 123
Carnivores, 157
Caterpillars, 158
Celebes, 230
395