How mangroves protect costal environment?

Question

How mangroves protect costal environment?

Answer 1

Mangroves are a type of tree that is capable of surviving both flooded conditions and high salinity.  These unique traits enable it to colonize large of portions of shallow coastal areas that are not affected by frost (freezing temperatures kill mangroves).  Because of this a large number of fish, crustaceans, and other coastal inhabitants have evolved to live in the mangrove swamps (i.e. mangrove ecosystem).  Many species can't survive without them.  In addition,  the intricate roots of mangrove help to stabilize soil and provide some protection from hurricanes and other storms.

Answer 2

Play these games. They are free and online. They are meant to be educational, aimed to show the needs and solutions to, mainly, third world problems. The scenarios include Tsunamis (where planting Mangrove trees is useful ) and you can judge for yourself their importance. The maps are made to be realistic.

http://www.3rdworldfarmer.com/

http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/

Answer 3

They are components in the great filtering action of swamps

Filtering contaminations and stopping the movements of mud as well as housing a great variety of species aquatic life.

They keep the shapes of the swamps intact

and the fauna varies depending on the changing levels of the water .

filtering water flows from both directions

from the land after heavy rain falls and from the sea with the changing tides.

Some elements of society go to great lengths to preserve the Mangroves,

I have a cousin who`s group

has invested over $4,000,000 on recovering  50 acres of dead white and red mangroves in Florida.

Answer 4

it is mainly a question of the roots as they grow in the ebb and flood they work as little dam's

Answer 5

They protect the soil from washing away during storms.  They provide a safe habitat for many creatures, especially the young.