Morphophysiological Traits of Gray Mangrove (Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh.) at Different Levels of Soil Salinity

Table 1

Electrical conductivity (dS ) and pH of soil profile at the study sites.

Stand	Depth; (cm)	EC (dS )		pH
		Summer	Winter	Summer	Winter
Tubli	0-5	17.57 ± 3.34 bcdef	14.77 ± 2.87 def	8.03 ± 0.07 ab	8.00 ± 0.03 ab
	5-15	17.43 ± 5.84 bcdef	12.03 ± 2.79 ef	8.13 ± 0.09 a	7.95 ± 0.02 abc
	15-30	10.60 ± 0.56 f	10.03 ± 2.87 f	8.04 ± 0.15 ab	7.97 ± 0.03 abc
mean		15.2 ± 2.26 b	12.3 ± 1.6 b	8.06 ± 0.057 a	7.97 ± 0.02 a
Sitra (1)	0-5	25.03 ± 3.02 ab	16.77 ± 2.29 cdef	7.84 ± 0.12 bc	8.02 ± 0.03 ab
	5-15	23.77 ± 3.20 abc	12.20 ± 1.88 ef	7.92 ± 0.10 abc	7.73 ± 0.24 cd
	15-30	26.03 ± 1.35 a	13.60 ± 1.19 def	7.99 ± 0.09 abc	8.04 ± 0.02 ab
mean		24.9 ± 1.37 a	14.2 ± 1.1 ab	7.91 ± 0.048 a	7.93 ± 0.09 a
Sitra (2)	0-5	18.90 ± 3.87 abcde	17.40 ± 2.06 bcdef	7.95 ± 0.12 abc	7.47 ± 0.02 de
	5-15	26.00 ± 2.83 a	20.47 ± 1.88 abcd	7.96 ± 0.06 abc	7.46 ± 0.03 e
	15-30	19.20 ± 3.75 abcde	13.57 ± 1.63 def	8.12 ± 0.01 a	7.44 ± 0.02 e
mean		21.4 ± 2.10 a	17.1 ± 1.40 a	8.01± 0.05 a	7.46 ± 0.01 b

Levels not connected with the same letter are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).