Vegetation of Mangroves: Spatial and Temporal Pattern of itsDominant Populations in Futian National Nature Reserve

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摘要 ThecommunitycharacteristicsofmangrovesintheFutianNatureReserve,Shenzhen,Chinaaregivenbasedonsurveyingof33quadratsin4transectswhichstretchfromthehighertidalzonetothelowertidalzone.Theresultsshowthatthereare6communitytypesinthisarea:Kandeliacardelassociation,Avicenniamarinaassociation,Aegicerascorniculatumassociation,Kardeliacardel+Aegicerascorniculatumassociation,Aegicerascorniculatum+KandeliacandelassociationandAcanthusilicifoliusassociation.Kandeliacandel,AegicerascorniculatumandAvicenniamarinadominatethetypicalquadrats.Kandeliacandelcanbeseenatalmostallquadrats,Aegicerascorniculatumdistributesmostlytowardtheestuaryandthehighertidalzone,Avicenniamarinadistributesmostlytowardthebayandthelowertidalzone,BruguieragymnorrhizaoccasionallyoccurstowardtheEstuarywithoneorseveralindividuals,Acanthusilicifoliuswascommontowardthehighertidalzone,asanaccompanyingspecies,Derristrifoliatawascommoninmanymaturequadrats.Totally,6speciesofmangroveplantsand3speciesofsemi-mangroveplantsappearinthisresearcharea.Fromthehighertidalzonetothelowertidalzone,theaveragediameterandbasalareaofmangrovetreesincreasegradually.Accordingtotheresults,theAvicenniamarinadominatesinaveragediameterandbasalarea,andtheAegicerascorniculatumtreesareonthecontrary.Fromthetransect1tothetransect4,theimportancevalueofAvicenniamarina,BruguieragymnorrhizaandKandeliacandeldecreases,andAegicerascorniculatumincreases.Inthisarea,theKandeliacandelpopulationandAegicerascorniculatumpopulationaredevelopingpopulationswithmanyseedlingsandsaplings,buttheAvicenniamarinapopulationisinamaturestagewithfewseedlingsandnotsomanytotalindividuals.Accordingtothisresearch,wesupposethatAegicerascorniculatumshouldbedevelopedtowardtheestuaryandtheAvicenniamarinaassociationshouldbeprotected.
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出处 《海洋通报:英文版》 2003年2期
出版日期 2003年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)