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BIOLOGY
PRESENTATION
CHAPTER 8
|| 8.2.3 MANGROVE SWAMPS ||
|| MANGROVE SWAMPS ||
CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE MANGROVE SWAMPS
Are found in tropical and subtropical
regions where freshwater meets salt
water.
Characterised by soft, muddy soil with
a high concentration of salt and very
low levels of oxygen.
It is exposed to a high intensity of
sunlight.
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Example of
mangrove
swamps:
Avicennia sp.
Rhizophora sp.
Sonneratia sp.
Bruguiera sp.
Pneumatophores
of Avicennia sp.
|| Viviparous seedlings ||
The distribution of
mangroves at one area.
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Buttress roots of
Bruguiera sp.