differences between forest and coastal areas
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forest is a place where trees r found
coastal areas are the places where more water is found
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forest is greenery but coastal areas areas are blue
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wood is an area covered in trees, larger than a grove or a copse. A forest is also an area covered in trees, but it is larger than a wood. The trees in woods and forests grow thickly, and the space between them is overgrown with grasses, shrubs and underbrush.
1 Introduction
Mangroves are the only tropical coastal forests located at the confluence of land and sea in the world’s subtropics and tropics (Alongi, 2002). This ecosystem is characterized by periodic tidal flooding which makes environmental factors such as salinity and nutrient availability highly variable, resulting in unique and specific life dynamics (Holguin et al., 2006). Mangroves are highly productive ecosystems and have immense ecological importance. They protect and stabilize the costal zones, nourish and nurture the coastal water with nutrients. The microbial community in the mangrove sediment is strongly influenced by biogeographical, anthropological, and ecological indices. These regulatory parameters include food web in the ecosystem, nutrient cycling, and the presence of organic and inorganic matters. The Sundarbans is the world’s largest coastal wetland comprising of mangrove forest covering about 1 million hectares in the delta of the rivers Ganga, Bramhaputra, and Meghna. This mangrove region is shared between Bangladesh (~60%) and India (~40%). The area experiences a subtropical monsoon climate with the annual rainfall of about 1600–1800 mm and several cyclonic storms. The dynamics of this region is mainly maintained by sedimentations from all the three major rivers. The biodiversity of the Sundarbans includes numerous species of phytoplankton, zooplankton, microorganisms, benthic invertebrates, mollusks, amphibians, and mammals. About 350 species of vascular plants, 250 species of fishes, and 300 species of birds are reported in the Sundarbans region (Gopal and Chauhan, 2006). Mangrove play important role as the feeding and breeding areas of several organisms including plants, animals, and microorganisms. In spite of that, little work has been carried out on the microbial diversity in the sediment of the Sundarbans mangrove.
1 Introduction
Mangroves are the only tropical coastal forests located at the confluence of land and sea in the world’s subtropics and tropics (Alongi, 2002). This ecosystem is characterized by periodic tidal flooding which makes environmental factors such as salinity and nutrient availability highly variable, resulting in unique and specific life dynamics (Holguin et al., 2006). Mangroves are highly productive ecosystems and have immense ecological importance. They protect and stabilize the costal zones, nourish and nurture the coastal water with nutrients. The microbial community in the mangrove sediment is strongly influenced by biogeographical, anthropological, and ecological indices. These regulatory parameters include food web in the ecosystem, nutrient cycling, and the presence of organic and inorganic matters. The Sundarbans is the world’s largest coastal wetland comprising of mangrove forest covering about 1 million hectares in the delta of the rivers Ganga, Bramhaputra, and Meghna. This mangrove region is shared between Bangladesh (~60%) and India (~40%). The area experiences a subtropical monsoon climate with the annual rainfall of about 1600–1800 mm and several cyclonic storms. The dynamics of this region is mainly maintained by sedimentations from all the three major rivers. The biodiversity of the Sundarbans includes numerous species of phytoplankton, zooplankton, microorganisms, benthic invertebrates, mollusks, amphibians, and mammals. About 350 species of vascular plants, 250 species of fishes, and 300 species of birds are reported in the Sundarbans region (Gopal and Chauhan, 2006). Mangrove play important role as the feeding and breeding areas of several organisms including plants, animals, and microorganisms. In spite of that, little work has been carried out on the microbial diversity in the sediment of the Sundarbans mangrove.
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