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`M&M11 Marine Ecosystems in W.A.: Mangrove Mudflats

Locations of the Mangrove mudflats

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SOURCE: Mangroves Fact Sheet [WA Fisheries]

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Global Distribution of Modelled Mangrove Biomass

SOURCE: Ocean Data Viewer, (UN environment programme), 2014, URL: https://data.unep-wcmc.org/ 

Species and their adaptations

Example of a Mangrove food web

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What are Mangrove wetlands?

Mangrove: tree species that grow in non-freezing estuaries. There are about 12 species though the black, red, and white are most common.

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Mangroves and wetlands

Wetlands form an important buffer filtering water before the runoff reaches rivers, bays and the sea. Mangroves are seen to be more productive, hectare for hectare, than sugar cane farms because they provide the start of the food web that nearly all marine creatures depend on.

SOURCE: Episode 5 of The Living Landscape: An Australian Ecosystem series (2020) Duration: 17:42 mins, URL: https://youtu.be/FvrV3rKPmQc (YouTube) See also Catalogue record.