Quali-quantitative survey of juvenile plants from a mangrove forest in the Serra do Guararú APA, Guarujá – SP. Olair Garcia Jr., Matheus Mano-Clara, Cristiane Ramon Sampaio, Paola Mele, Fagner Evangelista Severo, Taynara Cordeiro, Mara Angelina Galvão Magenta, Fabio Giordano

Abstract

The Mangrove is an ecosystem of great ecological, social and economic importance, its extension covers a large part of the coastal region of Brazil. The presence of seedlings sprouting inside the forest is a testimony to its natural restoration. The present study aims to carry out a survey of seedlings of mangrove species in a forest in the Bertioga Channel, Guarujá – SP. To this end, two rows were made with 5 plots measuring 10x10 meters perpendicular to the watercourse. A greater distribution of the species Rhizophora mangle was found, which presented a large number of individuals in all plots studied, a different behavior from the species Laguncularia racemosa and Avicennia schaueriana, which presented high values ​​in a few plots. The differences in the survival capacity of the three species are responsible for the distinct distribution of the species in the studied forest.