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Diversity of Mangroves in Udupi District of Karnataka State, India

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Botany, Alvas College, Moodbidiri, Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka, INDIA
  • 2 Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi, Karnataka, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 2, Issue (11), Pages 11-17, November,10 (2013)

Abstract

The mangrove diversity was studied in two estuaries of Udupi taluk [Udyavara river estuarine complex (U) and Swarna – Sita and Kodi estuarine complex (S)] and one estuary of Kundapura taluk [Chakra Haladi and Kollur Estuarine river complex (C)] of Udupi district of Karnataka State. The study showed comparatively more mangrove diversity in Udyavara river estuarine complex (U) than in Swarna – Sita and Kodi estuarine complex (S) and Chakra Haladi and Kollur Estuarine river complex (C). In Chakra Haladi and Kollur Estuarine river complex (C) area, a few species were found comparatively more dominant than the other species and in other two study areas, the mangrove species were found more or less evenly distributed.

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