Mangrove Rehabilitation on Highly Eroded Coastal Shorelines at Samut Sakhon, Thailand

Table 3

Species of benthic fauna and abundance (individuals/m²) within sediment and bottom of the replanted mangrove areas.

			April 2001		December 2001				June 2002
	No.	Group	ST1	ST4	ST1	ST2	ST3	ST4	ST3	ST4
	1	Balanus		133
Crustacea	2	Leucosia		44
	3	Nassarius					30
	4	Uca spp.			15
Gastopoda	1	Littorina		89			15
	2	Paludinella			30
	1	Anadana		44
	2	Mactra		178						134
Pelecypoda	3	Musculus		222
	4	Mytella		89
	5	Pholas spp.					2,682
	6	Tellina	89	533		15	30		134
	7	Tellina foliacea						15
	1	Aquilaspio	133
	2	Cerithium	44
	3	Glycera	267
	4	Eunic	133	1,689					400
	5	Nephytys	356
Polychaeta	6	Nereis					504	445	1,067	1,600
	7	Notomastus	578
	8	Polyodontes		222
	9	Sabella		267
	10	Sigambra	667