Ecosystem of Mangroves
Mangrove forests, like many tidal wetlands, accumulate nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, heavy metals, and trace elements that are deposited in estuarine waters from terrestrial sources, and thus act as nutrient "sinks" for these materials. Mangroves recycle carbon, nitrogen, and other elements extracted from dead and decomposing components turning these into dissolved, particulate, and gaseous forms. The inflow and outflow of water from this habitat assists in the distribution of those materials to areas where other organisms may utilize them. The major primary production within the mangrove ecosystem is courtesy of the trees The detached parts of the mangrove plants are called litterfall. These include leaves, stems roots, flowers, and fruits. Most of this enters the waters as litterfall. The seeds of Aruna terminus and Rhizophora species account for 25 percent of the whole litterfall of the mangrove habitat The latter tall is heaviest du