2. MANGROVES
It is a biome consisting of trees very salt tolerant occupying the intertidal zone
near the mouths of courses freshwater coasts of tropical and subtropical
latitudes
The Mangrove trees have both aquatic and terrestrial features.
3. WEATHER
Mangroves benefit from humid
tropical climate.
Queen mangrove sweltering
humid heat, where the
mangrove develops.
4. THE IMPORTANCE OF MANGROVES
They provide habitat for numerous species and provide natural protection against
strong winds, waves produced by hurricanes and even tidal waves.
Mangroves play a major role in coastal protection against wind erosion and wave.
At the same time, they have an enormous ability to absorb carbon from the
atmosphere, serve as a nutrient source for other marine habitats, such as seagrass
beds and coral reefs.
5. TYPES OF MANGLE
There are many species of mangrove, red mangrove, black mangrove, white
mangrove, mangrove gray… with different necessities of water.
6. RED MANGROVE
It belongs to the family Rhizophoraceae
It has about 120 species distributed in 16 genera
They are 4 to 10 meters high
Crust is pale olive with gray spots, but inside is reddish
The leaves are round and dark green
Small flowers. They has four petals yellowish white
7. BLACK MANGROVE
reaches a size of 3-10 m high
It has leaves 6.5 to 10 cm long and is rounded
MANGROVE GREY
Its fruits are shaped button
They have a gray trunk
8. WHITE MANGROVE
It reach a size of up to 10 m high
Mostly hermaphrodite plants but often andromonoecious
Leaves from 3 to 11 cm long
Dried fruit is a nut.
9. FAUNA
Wildlife is abundant and it has three origins: marine, mangrove and terrestrial
own.
They are generators of life, are the habitat of many species, finding many
bird species, common several fish species, crustaceans, molluscs and others.
They have a great biological diversity with high productivity.
10. WILDLIFE MANGLAR
He lives in the mud between the
roots and trunks, and is made
especially for fish, crustaceans,
shells and snails, ...
It Comes with frequent
high tides and channels.
11. TERRESTRIAL FAUNA
He lives in the treetops and frequents areas that are exposed at low tide.
They are mainly birds, mammals and insects.
12. MANGROVES IN EXTINCION
It is said that almost 20% of
mangroves is in danger of
extinction due to coastal
development and other factors
such as climate change, illegal
logging and agriculture.
Sonneratia griffithii and Bruguiera hainesii are
considered critically endangered. The first is found
in India and Southeast Asia, and Bruguiera hainesii is
even more rare and grows only in a few fragmented
sites in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma,
Singapore and Papua New Guinea.
