Environmental Hazards and Conservation Approach to the Biodiversity and Ecosystem of the St. Martin’s Island in Bangladesh - Management of Natural Resources in a Changing Environment - page 250

Fig. 1 Location map of the St. Martin's Island ( Source : Banglapedia 2013 )
Lagoons and Wetlands
Several lagoons and wetlands associated with mangrove and fl oodplain areas occur
on the island, probably providing important habitats for birds. There is a lagoon at
Uttar Para, a freshwater wetland at Dakhin Para and sizeable fl oodplain areas
scattered throughout the island (UNDP 2010 ).
Mangrove
At one time the island probably had a signifi cant area of mangrove vegetation,
but most of this has been degraded with the passage of time. The top canopy was
dominated by Lumnitzera racemosa , a total of 29 mangrove species were recorded
(Tomascik 1997 ). There is a very small remaining mangrove patch at the site
nowadays.