Global climate change,climate extremes,and overuse of natural resources are all major contributors to the risk brought on by cyclones.In I West Bengal state of India,the Pathar Pratima Block frequently experiences a v...
Dependency on forest resources poses a threat to the environment in Patharghata, Bangladesh. Therefore, this study explores the role of forest resource in the life and livelihood of coastal people as well as to unders...
New offspring due to sexual reproduction is not an instantaneous process from its birth,it takes time to be sexually mature.On the other hand,harvesting of commercially profitable fish population before the perfect si...
We thank the fishers and other stakeholders who generously shared their time and knowledge.We are grateful to DAAD(Deutscher Akademisher Austausdienst),for financial support to conduct the research.We thank the anonymous reviewers and the editorial board for their helpful comments and suggestions on earlier versions of the manuscript.Special thanks to David Huisjen for helping with the English edition.
The Sundarban Mangrove Forest(SMF)is an intricate ecosystem containing the most varied and profuse natural resources of Bangladesh.This study presents empirical research,based on primary and secondary data,regarding t...
Vertical occurrence of soil urease activity along with ammonia content from three distinct regions viz. Deep forest region (No tidal action and wave attack occurs as it is furthest from river shore and it contains max...
Introduction:Mangrove forests are highly productive ecosystems distributed along the tropical coast line.Nutrient biogeochemistry of mangroves are primarly driven by both allochthonous and autochthonous sources.Charac...
Sundarban, the largest mangrove forest in the world, is known to act as a buffer against the cyclone and storm surge. Theoretically, Sundarban absorbs the initial thrust of the wind and acts to “resist” the storm su...
Mangrove provides a unique ecological niche to different microbes which play various roles in nutrient recycling as well as various environmental activities. The highly productive and diverse microbial community livin...
In the Sundarban Mangrove forest microbial activities are dominantly involved in both the mineralization and decomposition processes that regulate nutrient profile in soil of different depth. It was found that besides...
Populations of culturable microbes and activities of dehydrogenase & ?-D glucosidase were found maximum in surface soil and decreased with increase in depth in Sundarban mangrove environment.The maximum (13.529 X 106 ...