To determine the distribution of mangrove plant species and structure of forest, quantitative analysis of plant diversity and calculate carbon storage in Con Ong Trang; as well as to analyse the impact of main ecological factors to structure, diversity and distribution of mangrove plants following space and time periods. | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION VIETNAM ACADEMY AND TRAINING OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ----------------------------- LU NGOC TRAM ANH PRIMARY SUCCESSION OF MANGROVE FOREST IN CON ONG TRANG MUI CA MAU BIOSPHERE RESERVE Major Ecology Code SUMMARY OF ECOLOGY DOCTORAL THESIS Ho Chi Minh City 2020 This work was completed at Graduate University Science and Technology - Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Academic supervisor 1 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vien Ngoc Nam Academic supervisor 2 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao Reviewer 1 . Reviewer 2 . Reviewer 3 . The Dotoral thesis will be defended at the Doctoral thesis examination Board of Graduate University of Science and Technology Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology at . Date . 2020. The thesis can be accessed from - The library of Graduate University of Science and Technology - The National Library of Viet Nam -1- GENERAL INFORMATION 1. The importance for doing the thesis Mangrove forest has ecological economic and environmental functions in climate change adaptation and mitigation. This forest also helps in protecting sea dyke alluvial soil preventing erosion limiting saline intrusion regulating local climate conservating biodiversity. In addition this ecosystem plays an important role in developing ecotourism and education. Coastline of Viet Nam stretchs from the North to the South with the rich and diverse mangrove vegetation. Mangrove ecosystem in Ca Mau province has typical features of this ecosytem in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Tran Thi Van et al. 2015 identified that area of mangrove forest in Ca Mau province decreased from ha 1953 to ha 1992 after that rised to ha 2011 . The reasons of the area decline due to the toxic chemicals sprayed by the US army during the war the land use change from forest land to agriculture and aquaculture land. The mangrove ecosystem in Mui Ca Mau is mainly formed from river alluvium. Con Ong Trang .
