Diversity and assemblage of mangroves along the carigara bay in leyte, philippines

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• What: The linear term of the model shows a positive relationship between mangrove abundance and soil porosity, indicating that mangrove abundance increases with increasing soil porosity (Fig 7a). Utawale et_al reported that the coastal type of mangroves has less diversity, however, this study showed that fringe mangroves have higher diversity compared to the riverine, though for the landward zone only. This study identified two mangrove species as indicators for the landward zone in fringe mangrove forests, these were S. hydrophyllacea and O. octodonta. This study has shown that the riverine mangrove forests were the most diverse, and . . .
  

   

  

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