Hari Nivas AsokanIyyappan JaisankarNikil LeleBosco Augustine Jerard2025-01-282025-01-282023EIACP: Geodiversity and Impact on Environment Vol.29 (1)http://14.139.158.120:4000/handle/123456789/8828This review provides an overview of biotic and abiotic components and a detailed studies on tropical mangrove ecosystem, existing in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Mangrove ecosystem in these Islands is considered unique and wide-ranging among other mangrove systems in India owning to the unique biogeographical behaviours with diverse biological adaptable mechanisms, stabilizing the climatic conditions. Zonation of mangroves, application of remote sensing tools, physical characters and it’s associated micro flora, fauna community with reported checklist of species are deals with in this review. It was revealed that 48 species of mangroves have been documented so far in Andaman and Nicobar Islands by various workers. There are 78 species of mangrove associated Abstract Hari Nivas Asokan,1 Iyyappan Jaisankar,1 Nikil Lele,2 Bosco Augustine Jerard3 associated fungi, 128 species of meiofauna, 277 species of fishes, saltwater crocodiles, and endemic birds, reptiles and mammals have been recorded and this list is setting added up every year by various organizations with new reports of flora and fauna from the mangrove ecosystems of these Islands.enMangrove EcologyRemote SensingGISVegetation StructureCommunity ZonationSpecies distributionArticle