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Shiro TSUYUZAKI
Plant community ecology / Environmental conservation

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

(Update on Mar. 13, 2004. Revised on Sept. 10, 2008)

Mangrove

Mangrove is one of the saltwater biomes with rich fauna. Mangrove forests replace salt marsh in tropical and subtropical regions.


Australia

total area = ca 1500 km2
mangals (mangrove swamp and/or forest) mainly distributed on the northern and eastern coast


mangrove
Photo taken in Bunbury, Western Australia, at Feb. 7, 2004.

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