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Fig. 7.10
Damage caused by Nargis on mangroves of the Meinmahla Kyun Island Reserve Forest
Fig. 7.11
AILA (a severe
tropical cyclonic storm) in
the Gangetic plain region
of India on 25 May 2009
cant changes in water quality were
documented due to AILA (Table
7.4
), and in
many cases, top-dying disease in mangroves was
observed after the exposure of the vegetation to
hypersaline condition. Uprooting of mangroves
was also observed after AILA in different pock-
ets of Indian Sundarbans.
Signi
The blue carbon community in the lower
Gangetic region is a notable example of the
direct defensive role of mangroves against AILA.
The satellite imageries of pre- and post-AILA
period (Figs.
7.12
,
7.13
,
7.14
,
7.15
,
7.16
,
7.17
,
7.18
,
7.19
and
7.20
) clearly exhibit insigni
cant
changes to mangroves although land areas of
