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Film by Roger Wendell.

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Long airboat ride through a mangrove swamp with an alligator

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This airboat ride took place near the Florida town of Everglade on the edge of Everglade National Park in Florida. Here's my personal webpage about water issues: http://www.rogerwendell.com/water.html Here's my page about travel: http://www.rogerwendell.com/travel.html 11-24-2011

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Found in tropical regions, along coast. (Where the red is.)

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Found in areas along tropical coasts, these areas are home to a diverse series of organisms. These ecosystems consist of both land and water, with some organisms going between the two (such as the mudskipper). The salinity of the water is in the high twenties and thirties, categorizing the water into the polyhaline category. In this category the water is identified to be brackish; the polyhaline level is the highest level of brackishness.

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The trees have dense roots that are seen above ground. These strong roots catch plant matter such as drift wood during flooding. Small organisms and critters can feed on the decaying plant matter, and later play into the food web when they are eaten by something bigger.

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Without problem, the Rhizophora mangle species has been introduced to multiple tropical islands without becoming an issue. However, in Hawaii these were introduced unsuccessfully and managed to cause destruction to archaeological sites and has deteriorated the habitat of endemic water birds.

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Shows the relationship between these species.

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Mangrove wood was once steadily harvested at a rate that allowed the practice of using this wood for lumber to be sustainable. No longer is it sustainable, and now too much of it is being cut down. Some is being cut down for human land reclamation, because people want more establishments.

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Pollution is happening here through thermal pollution. That's where heated liquids are released into a body of water. This harms the ecosystem by affecting reproduction rates of species living here, as well as changing the chemical composition of the water. In aquatic environments, temperature is an extremely important factor, leading way to it being extremely sensitive to temperature change. Not only that, also affecting this ecosystem is oil spills and nutrient pollution (including sewage).
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(Royal Bengal Tiger) Humans have managed to endanger them. Found in the forest Sundarban, which is in the coastal region of the Bay of Bengal. (Only about 250 of them though, the rest died.)

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(Asian Water Monitor) To the region of Southeast and South Asia, it is the largest lizard found. This is the type of lizard Ravi had as a pet on Disney's show Jessie.

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(Mudskipper) A type of amphibious fish. In other words, they choose to spend their five to eight year lifespan on the land every now and then.

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(Horn Snail) Located throughout the mangrove forests coastlines of the Indian Ocean. Observably, they get their name by the horn shape of their shell.

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(Coral Colonies) Along with the pale blue sponges seen, these grow on the prop roots shown.

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(Black Mangrove) A type of local plant.

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(White Mangrove) Here's another type of plant found.

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(Red Mangrove) Makes one wonder where the name stemmed from.

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“Mangrove (Mangrove Ecology).” Mangrove (Mangrove Ecology) - The Encyclopedia of Earth, editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Mangrove_(Mangrove_ecology)#Animal_Habitat_and_Food_Source.

Wendell, Roger. “Long Airboat Ride through a Mangrove Swamp with an Alligator.”YouTube, Zeekzilch, 30 Nov. 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2MUqb7TT5g.