(18.75%) > A. alba (14.58%) > Avicennia marina (12.5%) = Avicennia
officinalis (12.5%) > Acanthus ilicifolius (6.25%) > Aegiceros corniculatum
(4.17%) > Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (2.08%) = Xylocarpous molluscensis
(2.08%) in the western region and E. agallocha (26.47%) > A.
alba (23.53%) > S. apetala (14.70%) > A. marina (11.76%) = A. officinalis
(11.76%) = A. ilicifolius (11.76%) in the central region (Table 1). On
the basis of relative abundance, three dominant species, namely
S. apetala, A. alba and E. agallocha were, considered for carbon
stock estimation in their respective above-ground structures. These
species constituted 60.4% and 64.7% of AGB of the mangroves in the
western and central regions, respectively