Mangrove Swamp
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State 1 Reference transitions to State 2 Landfilled by intentional filling of the swamp to produce construction sites.
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Description
This state consists of two community phases dominated by dense stands of mangrove trees occurring saline water at the coast. Zonation by mangrove species is caused by different salt tolerance between species. Shorter statured red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) is dominant on outer areas nearer the ocean; taller Oriental mangrove (Bruguiera gymnorhiza) is dominant in more sheltered and less saline parts of the forest away from the ocean (Forestry Program, Division of Community and Natural Resources, 2010; Sene, 2020; Whistler, 2002).
Storms or intensive wood harvest that destroy small to large patches of the forest may be recolonized initially by red mangrove. Oriental mangrove gradually recovers dominance over red mangrove in areas where it originally dominated because red mangrove is not shade tolerant (Forestry Program, Division of Community and Natural Resources, 2010; Sene, 2020; Whistler, 2002).
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