Notes
- There are only a few mangrove species along their entire length
- Mangrove trees can exclude and excrete salt from their tissue
- Mangrove trees fall in two categories mainland and oceanic island
- The mangroves on Twin Cays belong to the oceanic island category
- Twins Cays provide a testament of hurricanes and storms of a long time ago
- Hypersaline conditions prefer black mangrove because of it's high tolerance of salt
- White mangroves can't stand this amount of salt and the constant flooding
- only a few types of animals live in twin cays because of the extreme heat and lack of freshwater
- dissecting plant part helped find out that mangrove insect fauna is more important that previously suspected
- different organisms surround the mangrove trees providing food for different fauna
- after mangrove tress are cut it is hardly possible for it to recover
Summary
Mangrove swamps are very unique and don't grow in large quantities. There are different types of mangrove trees that can withstand different types of conditions and different levels of salt. The mangrove swamps were found on Twin Cays by researchers who found building in these islands and found them by surprise. These researchers learned a lot form these mangrove swamps including things from a long time ago. They also found out that these trees are more important for organism around it than they previously thought.
Opinion
I think it's interesting that mangrove swamps are unique and have only a few amount of trees that live there. What I find most interesting is that they can withstand different types of conditions and have been in Twins Cays for years. I also find nice that it can help other organisms by feeding different faunas.
Mangrove swamps are very unique and don't grow in large quantities. There are different types of mangrove trees that can withstand different types of conditions and different levels of salt. The mangrove swamps were found on Twin Cays by researchers who found building in these islands and found them by surprise. These researchers learned a lot form these mangrove swamps including things from a long time ago. They also found out that these trees are more important for organism around it than they previously thought.
Opinion
I think it's interesting that mangrove swamps are unique and have only a few amount of trees that live there. What I find most interesting is that they can withstand different types of conditions and have been in Twins Cays for years. I also find nice that it can help other organisms by feeding different faunas.