中国南海海岸的红树林

红树林是热带海岸潮滩上一种特殊的植被类型和生物资源。我国南海海岸为我国红树林的重要分布区,包括桂、粤、台、闽南部海岸,但主要是广东省的海岸,尤为海南岛。群落的组成种类丰富,有21科、27属和38种,其中红树林的有9种,占世界红树科种数的54％。我国红树林根据其群落的各种特征,可以划分人海滩红树林和海岸半红树林两类,共包括15个群落类型,其组成种类、外貌结构与马来半岛及其邻近岛屿相似。因此,我国的红树林应属于世界红树林的东方群系。 木文还介绍我国南海海岸红树林的分布和演替,并根据红树林的特点提出保护和经营管理问题。

THE MANGROVE OF SOUTH CHINA SEATHE MANGROVE OF SOUTH CHINA SEA

The mangrove is a kind of salt-water plant community and bio-resources on the tropical coast over the world.And it is distributed mainly at the same environment conditions of Southern China also.There is a plentiful species in the flora of chinese mangrove,including 21 families,27 genera and 38 species.Among them,the Rhizophoraceae is with a number of 9 species and making up 54% abont this family in the world mangrove.,According to the characters of communities and its habitat,they may be divided first into two sections upon the ecological series,that is:beach mangrove and semi-mangrove.The floristic composition,physiognomy and structure of Chinese mangrove are similar to the mangrove of Malay peninsula and nearby islands.Both of them belong to the mangrove type of Eastern system.The distribution,succession,conservation and management of mangrove are dis-scused in the paper.The mangrove is a kind of salt-water plant community and bio-resources on the tropical coast over the world.And it is distributed mainly at the same environment conditions of Southern China also.There is a plentiful species in the flora of chinese mangrove,including 21 families,27 genera and 38 species.Among them,the Rhizophoraceae is with a number of 9 species and making up 54% abont this family in the world mangrove.,According to the characters of communities and its habitat,they may be divided first into two sections upon the ecological series,that is:beach mangrove and semi-mangrove.The floristic composition,physiognomy and structure of Chinese mangrove are similar to the mangrove of Malay peninsula and nearby islands.Both of them belong to the mangrove type of Eastern system.The distribution,succession,conservation and management of mangrove are dis-scused in the paper.