Mangrove forests Flashcards
What is the distribution of Mangrove forest?
-Between the Tropics of Cancer and the Tropics of Capricorn
-Tropical climate
-Sheltered coastal regions
-places where rivers constantly deposit clay and silt
What are mangrove forests?
-Is a woody plant community which lives between the sea and the land inundated by tides
-All have the ability to live in salt water
-Found in coastal areas all over the tropics
-Primarily in brackish water
-Cover approximately 22 million hectares in tropical and subtropical coasts
How does Mangroves serve as an important buffer between sea and land?
-Lessen impact of intense storms
-Reduce erosion and increase sedimentation
-Important coastal pioneer species
-Act as basis for a complex, biologically diverse, and productive ecosystem
What are the 3 terminology of Mangroves?
Mangal
Mangrove
Pneumatophore
What’s the definition of Mangal?
It’s a community of organisms in the mangrove habitat
What’s the definition of mangrove?
Trees that flourish in the mangal
What’s the definition of Pneumatophore
-Vertical root structures for air exchange
-Lenticels which are tiny pores for air exchange
-Aerenchyme which are tissues for air storage
What are the similarities between tropical and monsoon climate?
Precipitation
Temperature
What are halophytes?
Plants that grow naturally in saline environment
What are the 4 main species of halophytes?
Avicennia
Sonneratia
Rhizophora
Bruguiera
What are the 3 horizontal zones?
Coastal zone
Middle zone
Inland zone
What types of mangroves are found in the inland zone?
Bruguiera
What types of roots are found in the inland zone?
Kneed Roots
What types of mangroves are found in the middle zone?
Rhizophora
What type of roots are found in the middle zone?
Prop/ Stilt Roots
What type of mangroves are found in the coastal zone?
Avicennia and Sonnertia
What type of roots are found in the coastal zone?
Aerial Roots
How does the roots help the mangroves in the coastal zone?
The trees are submerged deep under water. Therefore the aerial roots allows the tree to take in oxygen from the water during high and oxygen during low tide
How does the roots help the mangroves in the middle zone?
Water rises during high tide and roots are submerged under water. Therefore the prop roots anchor the trees firmly to the ground as the area can be flooded during the high tide
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