A color-illustrated overview of mangroves that explains what they are and where they grow, and describes their adaptation to their habitat, neighboring habitats, mangrove habitat food webs, and life in mangrove habitats.
A seed from a mangrove tree floats on the sea until it comes to rest on the shore of a faraway lagoon where, over time, it becomes a mangrove island that shelters many birds and animals, even during a hurricane.
A study of red mangrove trees, one of the few trees that can grow in saltwater. Includes the trees and the animal life which depend on this tree to survive, as well as future implications of the swamps.