Archived Answers Q Hi, my name is Kyle and I am doing a year six project on Mangroves. Kyle Thanks for the request about mangroves. Your list of questions is quite extensive but I will do my best to give brief answers. These books may be available from your school library. You should also go to the February beachcombing pages of this web site to learn a little more about mangroves.
Mangroves are trees that are able to live in salt water.
In southern Australia mangrove forests grow with salt marshes on sheltered shores. Mangrove forests and the adjacent mudflats are important habitats for a number of different fish and birds. Again, Coastal Wildlife and Australia's Southern Shores have details of this wildlife and discuss some of the adaptations that animals and plants need to survive in the sheltered shore intertidal environment. As far as food chains go - there is a great illustration on page 49 of Coastal Wildlife. The trick to food webs and food chains on sheltered shores is a material called detritus.