MMG Logo Assessment of mangrove degradation and resilience in the Indian sub-continent : the cases of Godavari Estuary and South West Sri Lanka

(EC-contract ERB IC18-CT98-0295)

Free University of Brussels

Introduction

Participating institutions, tasks, and contact addresses

 

Introduction

This site gives a short overview of the research activities of the EC-INCO project 'Assessment of mangrove degradation and resilience in the Indian sub-continent : the cases of Godavari Estuary and South West Sri Lanka'', in which partners from Belgium, The Netherlands, France, India, Sri Lanka and Sweden cooperate to contribute to the understanding of mangrove ecosystem functioning, the human impact on mangroves, and the potential of mangrove ecosystems to recover or to adapt to these perturbations. Activities are concentrated on the mangroves in and around the Gautami Godavari Estuary (Andhra Pradesh, India) and several mangrove forests along the Southwest coast of Sri Lanka.

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Participating institutions, tasks, and contact addresses

Project Coordinator :

 

Free University of Brussels (Belgium) :

1. Department of Analytical Chemistry (ANCH): Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of primary producers, sediments, suspended matter, and different faunal groups in the mangrove areas in the Gautami Godavari Estuary (Andhra Pradesh, India), in order to assess the C and N flow from mangroves to the aquatic biota, and to contribute to the description of the trophic relationships of the benthic and pelagic communities.

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Catholic University of Nijmegen (The Netherlands) :

The Department of Aquatic Ecology studies the migration patterns of different life stages of finfish between the mangroves and adjacent waters, and assesses the causal relationships between mangroves and migration (food and/or shelter).

 

 

 

Andhra University, Waltair/Vishakhapatnam (India) :

The Marine Biology department contributes to the assessment of the floral community composition, studies the spatio-temporal variability of zooplankton (in particular prawn larvae), meiofauna, and macrobenthos in the mangrove creeks and adjacent waters. In addition, physico-chemical parameters are monitored in the study area in the Gautami-Godavari estuary.

 

Prof. A.V. Raman (raman@satyasaionline.net.in)

Prof. P. Chandra Mohan (chandramohanp@hotmail.com)

Prof. C. Kalavati (kalavati@satyasaionline.net.in)

Dr. E. Babu (crab aquaculture, feeding behaviour of mangrove crabs) : babucrab@mailcity.com

Dr. K. Padma Dorothy (litter disintegration, litter fall)

A.V.V.S. Rao (zooplankton) : mani358@hotmail.com

B. Satyanarayana (vegetation) : satyam999@usa.net
 

 

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Ruhuna University, Matara (Sri Lanka) :

The Botany Department participates in the assessment of the floral community composition at the Sri Lankan field sites, analyses ancillary physico-chemical parameters, evaluates wood extraction from the SW Sri Lankan mangrove forests, and in addition studies some faunal aspects such as the identification of fish and benthic organisms and their relation to the mangrove forests (in collaboration with Dr. R. Kumaranatunga, Dept. of Fisheries Biology, Ruhuna University).

 

 

University of Stockholm (Sweden) :

 

 

French Institute of Pondicherry (India) :

The IFP is responsible for the construction of a GIS tool to integrate and visualize the results obtained by the other partners, and studies the spatio-temporal management of mangroves and its products by the local actors in the Kakinada Bay.

 

Marie-Claire Guero (ifpgeo@vsnl.com)

Delphine Grandcollas (delphine.grandcollas@netcourrier.com)

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Updated : 5 March 2001

By: Anouk Verheyden