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THE MANGROVE Go back and visit your roots.

THE MANGROVE Go back and visit your roots. Presented by: KAT Inc. Kristi, Arianna, Tony. Vacation Spots. Visiting Mangroves. Characteristics Flora. Mangroves can range from shrubs to 200 ft.-tall trees Mangroves live in harsh conditions

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THE MANGROVE Go back and visit your roots.

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  1. THE MANGROVEGo back and visit your roots. Presented by: KAT Inc. Kristi, Arianna, Tony

  2. Vacation Spots

  3. Visiting Mangroves

  4. Characteristics Flora • Mangroves can range from shrubs to 200 ft.-tall trees • Mangroves live in harsh conditions • They must survive high-salinity, tides, and low oxygen

  5. Characteristics Flora The roots • Some mangroves such as red mangroves have roots that prop them up • Some mangroves such as grey mangroves have pneumatophores, roots that stick out to take in oxygen

  6. Friends of the Mangroves • A “rainforest by the sea” • Includes typical forest and marine creatures • Breeding ground for fish and birds

  7. Friends of the Mangroves • Male fiddler crabs have enormous claws • Mudskippers: a “fish out of water” • Proboscis monkeys

  8. Physical Features • Found in tropical and subtropical tidal areas near the equator • 75% exist between 25° North and 25° South • High tides bring in salt water -When tide recedes, solar evaporation of seawater in the soil increases salinity -Return of tide flushes out soils, bringing back to salinity levels of the seawater

  9. Physical Features cont… • Houses many types of algae • Tree/plant roots are very exposed • Mix of fresh/salt water (very saline) • Mud has low oxygen levels • Mangrove swamps protect coastal areas from erosion • Massive roots are efficient at dissipating wave energy from hurricanes and tsunamis

  10. Climate • Dry season- becomes very saline with some trees producing salt crystals on their leaves • Rainy season- when most rain falls • Tends to flood rivers, causing high tides

  11. Rainfall

  12. Environmental Issues • Shrimp farms • Overharvesting • Coral Reefs

  13. Unique Features • There are more than 50 species of mangroves throughout the world • They occupy a zone of such high heat, high salt levels, and choking mud that any other plant in the environment would die within hours. • Most mangroves get flooded at least twice a day, but the tangled roots helps it survive.

  14. Bibliography • "Mangrove." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 13 Dec. 2013. Web. 14 Dec. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangrove>. • "Mangroves." Smithsonian Ocean Portal. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2013. <http://ocean.si.edu/mangroves>. • "Mangroves." - National Geographic Magazine. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2013. <http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/02/mangroves/warne-text>. • "Mangroves." Smithsonian Ocean Portal. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2013. <http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life-ecosystems/mangrove-forests>.

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