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Mangroves 37 images Created 16 Dec 2010

This collection of images was taken for a National Geographic story that was published in February 2007. Tim Laman traveled to more than six countries to capture the diversity of life and use of the world's mangroves.
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  • Aerial view of river and mangrove forest in the Sarawak Mangrove Reserve near Kuching, Malaysia.
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  • Rich invertebrate life including purple and green tunicates and orange sponges cover the underwater portions of red mangrove roots on this offshore mangrove island in Belize.  .
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  • A school of silversides fish swim over a sea star and beneath the canopy of red mangrove trees on a Belize Cay.
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  • Women pulling shrimp fry collecting nets along the shallows of the Kholpatura River.
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  • Brain coral refraction and roots..A brain coral growing around red mangrove roots in Belize is seen refracted from above water and seen directly below  water in this split level view...Unusually clear water for a mangrove habitat has allowed this coral to grow.  Rich invertebrate life including in some places corals, tunicates, and sponges, cover the underwater portions of red mangrove roots on this offshore mangrove island in Belize.  ..This habitat is an important nursery area and provides shelter for many fish species.
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  • Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja) juveniles..
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  • Royal Bengal Tiger in the mangrove forest of the Sundarbans.  Photographed by remote camera (camera trap).  Endangered Species (IUCN Red List: EN)
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  • Scarlet ibises on their roosting trees on a small mangrove island in the Caroni Swamp..Caroni Bird Sanctuary, Trinidad.
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  • A single seedling of a Red Mangrove with bright green leaves grows next to the trunk of a Bruguiera mangrove.  Knee-like roots of Bruguiera mangroves cover the ground at low tide along a mangrove lined river.
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  • Arching roots of Rhizophora (Red mangrove) cross over the spike roots of Sonneratia mangroves.
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  • Sponges, tuncates, and other invertebrate life growing on the roots of Red Mangrove trees in the Belize Cays.
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  • Rich invertebrate life including in some places corals, tunicates, and sponges, cover the underwater portions of red mangrove roots on this offshore mangrove island in Belize.  ..This habitat is an important nursery area and provides shelter for many fish species..Tunicate Cove, Belize.
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  • Snappers, silversides, and a sea star share space in the underwater world of the mangrove forest...Rich invertebrate life including in some places corals, tunicates, and sponges, cover the underwater portions of red mangrove roots on this offshore mangrove island in Belize.  ..This habitat is an important nursery area and provides shelter for many fish species.
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  • Late afternoon light illuminates Sonneratia mangrove forest and adjacent mudflat at low tide in an aerial view.  Lines of breathing roots protruding from the mud radiate out from the trees.
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  • Low tide reveals the roots of Bruguiera mangroves along a river channel.
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  • Scarlet ibises fly past the moon.
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  • Scarlet ibises flying out from  their mangrove roosting trees before sunrise in the Caroni Swamp.  Some snowy egrets are also present.
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  • Scarlet ibises on their roosting trees on a small mangrove island in the Caroni Swamp.
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  • Planting of Rhizophora mangrove seedlings in a estuary in Bali at low tide.  This team of men, led by Mr. Rahim are from the Bali Forestry Department Section of Rehabilitation and Conservation of Mangroves.
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  • Planting of Rhizophora mangrove seedlings in a estuary in Bali at low tide.  This team of men, led by Mr. Rahim are from the Bali Forestry Department Section of Rehabilitation and Conservation of Mangroves.
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  • The view from below - under the mangroves...Rich invertebrate life including corals, tunicates, and sponges, cover the underwater portions of red mangrove roots on this offshore mangrove island in Belize.  ..This habitat is an important nursery area and provides shelter for many fish species..Tunicate Cove, Belize.
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  • Scarlet Ibises in flight to their roosting sites on small mangrove islands in the Caroni Swamp mangrove forest.
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  • Scarlet ibises on their roosting trees on a small mangrove island in the Caroni Swamp.
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  • Men sorting shrimp harvested from a shrimp pond.
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  • Charcoal wood collectors with boats loaded with Goran wood (Ceriops sp.) harvested from the mangrove forest.
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