mangroves in kerala

1. MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM
COURSE:MARINE ECOSYSTEM , BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

2. 1.INTRODUCTION
• Thrive in hot, muddy, salty conditions
• Important during the time of tropical storms
• Counteract erosions
• Habitat of many species
• Mangrove lagoons – important nursery area
Mangrove Red Snapper
Crustacean

3. 2.MANGROVE SPECIES
• RED MANGROVES
 strong and tough mangrove
 dominant mangrove on our planet

4. • BLACK MANGROVES
 usually grow at higher elevations
 access to more oxygen as their roots are more exposed

5. • WHITE MANGROVES
 grow at higher elevations than red and black mangroves
 do not have aerial roots

6. 3.AQUATIC INHABITANTS
• Nurseries and Feeding areas
• Ontogenic Migration
• Home to invertebrates
Anemones
Conch Sea Snail

7. 4.MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM IN INDIA

8. 5.MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM IN KERALA

9. Among the ten coastal districts of Kerala
• The maximum number of species identified from :
Kollam district (15 sps.) followed by Alappuzha (14 sps.) and Ernakulam
(13sps.)
• The least number of species : Thiruvananthapuram district (3 sps.)

10. SUNDERBANS MANGROVES
ECOSYSTEM
• In 1987, the Sunderbans was designated
as a Cultural UNESCO World Heritage
Site.
• The Sundarban was named after the
word “Sundari” (mangrove)-the local
name of the mangrove species Heritiera
fomes abundant in the area
• Sundarban mangrove forest is located on
the Bay of Bengal’s Ganga,
Brahmaputra, and Meghna deltas