Environmental factors such as temperature, sediment composition,
and inundation are the main factors influencing the distribution
of faunal communities in tropical mangroves. Salinity is one of the
important key factors which determine the composition of biological
component in the marine environment. The fluctuations in salinity
affect the biological characteristics of the environment. The present
study did not show characteristic relationship between salinity and
macrofaunal distribution; however, soil salinity showed significant
negative correlation with species evenness (r=-0.999; p