Larger animals depend on the waters for various reasons. Sea turtles spend their adolescent years growing up in the lagoon. Manatee come to eat the tender grasses that grow on the lagoon's floor. Birds nest in the mangroves trees and feed on the fish. Dolphin feed on the schools of fish that are here.
Some dolphin spend their entire lives in the lagoon.
Many marine and land animals depend on the lagoon for food, shelter, breeding and nesting. Many animals find shelter either in the root or branches of the mangroves. The Red Mangrove grows at the water's edge. Because of it's root system it appears to be standing or walking on the surface of the water. The Black Mangrove occupies slightly higher elevations from the red mangrove.