Mangroves and salt marsh are important coastal vegetation types in tropical and temperate environments respectively.

Mangroves are a diverse group of shrubs and trees belonging to the genus Avicennia or Rhizophora that flourish in the salt water shallows of the gulf, and are the most important habitats for small crustaceans that dwell in them.

Mangroves are largely responsible for the high productivity of the coastal waters – their roots trap soil and sediment and provide shelter from predators and nursery for fish and small aquatic organisms.

Mangroves store gases directly inside the roots, processing them even when the roots are submerged during high tide.

Mangroves are habitats of enclosed intertidal mud flats with wave action greatly reduced, located near sources of fresh water.

The following are the sites of Mangroves in Hong Kong:

Mangroves are in proximity to freshwater streams.

Spotted dove and Collared dove are common in the Mangroves.

Mangroves ' ability to survive the salt water through intricate molecular mechanisms, their unique reproductive cycle, and their ability to grow in the most oxygen-deprived waters have allowed them extensive growth in hostile areas of the gulf.

Mangroves stabilize the coastal zone from the interior and will migrate with the shoreline to remain adjacent to the boundary of the water.

Mangroves and marsh plants can facilitate the accumulation of sediment in a lagoon.

# Mangroves – Natural forests with > 30 % canopy cover, composed of species of mangrove tree, generally along coasts in or near brackish or seawater.

Mangroves cover between more than of the Thai shores of Malay Peninsula whereas seagrass meadows occupy an area of.

Mangroves along the shore make shrimp and shellfish particularly abundant by providing safe and abundant breeding areas amid their extensive networks of underwater roots.

Mangroves and creeks of the Indus delta can be found toward the southeast side of the city.

Mangroves were also significantly damaged by the 2004 tsunami.

Mangroves dominate three-quarters of tropical coastlines.

Mangroves serve as feeding and breeding grounds for many fish species including the barramundi.

Image: Manglares Laguna de Términos. jpg | Mangroves in the Terminos Lagoon

Mangroves in the Delta region required only one spraying and did not survive once defoliated, whereas dense forests in the uplands required two or more spray runs.

It contains five of World Wildlife Fund's " Global 200 " ecoregions: Southern New Guinea Lowland Forests ; New Guinea Montane Forests ; New Guinea Central Range Subalpine Grasslands ; New Guinea Mangroves ; and New Guinea Rivers and Streams.

North of the city of Tumbes lies Puerto Pizarro, the gateway to the National Mangroves Sanctuary.

* Laurie Duggan is awarded the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for Mangroves.

Mangroves use suberin to minimize salt intake from their littoral habitat, for example.

Mangroves and other estuarine epifauna dominate the boundaries, with the geology composed mostly of marine and stream sediments.

The Sundarbans Mangroves ecoregion on the coast forms the seaward fringe of the delta and is the world's largest mangrove ecosystem, with of area covered.

Mangroves do not recover spontaneously after the impact of natural or man made catastrophic events such as cyclones or total felling of the mangrove forests.

** Godrej Mangroves, Vikhroli: 3, 000 acres ( 12 km² )

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