Mangroves

Mangroves are sparse in the Rio Negro-Rio San Sun ecoregion along the Atlantic coast, and are primarily found in estuarine lagoons and small patches at river mouths growing in association with freshwater palm species including Raphia taedigera, which has some salt tolerance and can be considered an element of mangrove forest.

Panamá 2009

Mangroves act as a sponge absorbing much of the force of the waves.

Saundra Schimmelpfennig: Why are There so Many Natural Disasters Lately? 2010

Mangroves act as a sponge absorbing much of the force of the waves.

Saundra Schimmelpfennig: Why are There so Many Natural Disasters Lately? Saundra Schimmelpfennig 2010

Mangroves yanked out, marinas trenched, wetlands drained and filled, resorts built, local people displaced.

Kook Peter Heller 2010

Mangroves along the Pacific coast comprise Rhizophora mangle, Avicennia nitida, Laguncularia racemosa, Mora oleifera (V) and Pterocarpus officinalis.

Darién National Park, Panama 2008

Mangroves are being eliminated due to expansion of nearby towns.

Ría Lagartos mangroves 2008

Mangroves act as a sponge absorbing much of the force of the waves.

Why are There so Many Natural Disasters Lately? 2010

Mangroves of both red (Rhizopora mangle) and black (Avicennia germinans) species, occur throughout the ecoregion, with the most striking feature being arboreal vegetation that has adapted to life in salt and briny water.

Ría Lagartos mangroves 2008

Mangroves are extensively developed in the Trinidad mangroves ecoregion because of a salinity gradient associated with the outflows of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers, which, on a global scale, are responsible for 20% of total freshwater inputs to the ocean.

Trinidad and Tobago 2009

Mangroves may form a narrow coastal fringe, a concentric ring around small mainland lagoons, or colonize the lagoon side of offshore cays.

Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, Belize 2009