50
Table 2.8 Density of mangrove species (mean of 15 plots/station) in 10 selected stations in Indian
Sundarbans during 2017
S.No. Species
No./100m
2
Stn.
1
Stn.
2
Stn.
3
Stn.
4
Stn.
5
Stn.
6
Stn.
7
Stn.
8
Stn.
9
Stn.
10
1.
Sonneratia apetala 13.0 8.7
1.3
6.5
13.1 2.5
3.7
1.5
10.5 16.1
2.
Avicennia marina
3.1
6.6
5.8
7.0
5.6
6.5
4.3
3.9
5.2
3.4
3.
Excoecaria
agallocha
4.5
5.0
12.1 5.6
5.5
6.2
4.8
6.8
4.7
4.8
4.
Avicennia alba
5.5
6.9
7.8
9.4
6.8
10.7 7.3
8.5
5.3
4.5
5.
Avicennia
officinalis
7.9
6.4
4.9
8.6
7.1
8.3
3.5
7.6
6.5
5.6
6.
Aegiceros
corniculatum
4.6
3.2
2.3
6.3
2.6
3.6
ab
ab
4.1
5.0
7.
Bruguiera
gymnorrhiza
4.3
5.5
3.9
3.6
3.5
4.1
2.8
ab
6.0
3.7
8.
Xylocarpus
granatum
3.1
4.7
2.3
3.1
2.7
ab
2.2
ab
3.2
2.0
9.
Xylocarpus
molluscensis
3.3
3.8
2.4
3.0
3.5
ab
ab
ab
5.1
2.1
10.
Nypa fruticans
2.5
ab
ab
4.1
3.0
ab
2.5
ab
ab
3.5
11.
Phoenix paludosa ab
ab
3.2
4.4
3.5
4.5
1.6
5.8
ab
2.8
12.
Ceriops decandra ab
ab
ab
3.9
ab
2.5
3.5
5.0
ab
ab
13.
Rhizophora
mucronata
3.4
ab
ab
3.2
2.4
ab
3.6
6.2
ab
1.5
14.
Heritiera fomes
ab
4.3
3.5
3.3
3.9
ab
ab
ab
ab
3.1
15.
Aegialitis
rotundifolia
3.8
ab
2.6
4.5
5.5
ab
3.8
3.2
ab
2.3
S
12
10
12
15
14
9
12
9
9
14
N
59.0 55.1 52.1 76.5 68.7 48.9 43.6 48.5 50.2 60.4
‘ab’ means absence of the species in the selected plots
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