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MARINE ECOSYSTEMS IN W.A.: Mangrove Swamps

Locations of the Mangrove swamps

The Mysteries of Mangroves

SOURCE: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Ocean, Data Viewer, Poster: The Mysteries of Mangroves, 2019, URL: https://marinewaters.fish.wa.gov.au/resource/the-mysteries-of-mangroves/

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Global Distribution of Modelled Mangrove Biomass

SOURCE: Ocean Data Viewer, (UN environment programme) Global Distribution of Modelled Mangrove Biomass, 2014, URL: https://data.unep-wcmc.org/

Species and their adaptations

What are Mangroves?

SOURCE: Vimeo, OceansIQ,  Data Viewer, What Are Mangroves, (2013), URL: https://vimeo.com/66367878

Example of a Mangrove Swamp food web

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Mangrove Ecology

SOURCE: Wordpress, Mangroves and Aquatic life in Florida - Mangrove Ecology, (2015), URL: https://evanprevite.wordpress.com/2015/04/07/mangrove-ecology/

What are mangrove swamps?

Mangrove: tree species that grow in non-freezing estuaries. There are about 12 species though the black, red, and white are most common.

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SOURCE: National Geographic, The Mangroves Ecosystem, (1996-2020), https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/the-mangrove-ecosystem/#the-mangrove-ecosystem-extreme-conditions-and-extremely-high-biodiversity

Mangroves and wetlands

Wetlands form an important buffer filtering water before the runoff reaches rivers, bays and the sea. Mangroves are seen to be more productive, hectare for hectare, than sugar cane farms because they provide the start of the food web that nearly all marine creatures depend on.

SOURCE: YouTube, The Living Landscape: An Australian Ecosystem series - Episode 5 (2020) Duration: 17:42 mins, URL: https://youtu.be/FvrV3rKPmQc