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Mangroves Gallery

To see a larger version of each image, please click on its thumbnail. The larger images also contain caption information on the photographs, and a reference number for each one.

Cedar mangrove (Xylocarpus granatum) with black mangroves (Bruguiera gymnorhiza) in the background, at low tide along the Kalamalagi River near Palmalmal, Pomio District, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
PN0030903
Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) with another mangrove (Avicennia germinans) in the background, in evening light, Punta Patino Nature Reserve, Darien Province, Panama
PA0020902
Piñuelo mangroves (Pelliciera rhizophorae) at low tide in Utria Sound, Utria National Park, Choco Department, Colombia
CO0010102
Stilt-rooted mangroves (Rhizophora stylosa) growing on uplifted coral, Pisewa Beach, Palmalmal, Pomio District, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
PN0051404
Mangroves with pneumatophores (Sonneratia caseolaris), Sungai Banyuasin, South Sumatra, Indonesia
IN023/04/03
Stilt-rooted mangroves (Rhizophora x lamarckii ), Pitchavaram Mangrove Forest, Tamil Nadu, India. Rhizophora x lamarckii is a naturally occurring hybrid between Rhizophora apiculata and Rhizophora mucronata.
ID0040103
Mangrove (Avicennia marina) with pneumatophores at sunset, Roebuck Bay, near Broome, Western Australia, Australia
AU0381402
Mangrove snails (Terebralia palustris) on the trunk of a red mangrove (Rhizophora stylosa), Roebuck Bay, near Broome, Western Australia, Australia
AU0351603
Red fiddler crab (Uca coactarta flammula) amongst the pneumatophores of a mangrove (Avicennia marina), Roebuck Bay, near Broome, Western Australia, Australia
AU0380502
Mangrove with 'knee' pneumatophores (Bruguiera sexangula), Sungai Sembilang, South Sumatra, Indonesia
IN018/17/03
Large-leafed orange mangroves (Bruguiera gymnorrhiza) (left) and cannonball mangrove (Xylocarpus granatum) (right), Nina Bay, Hinchinbrook Island National Park, Queensland., Australia World Heritage Site
AU1430604
'Bonsai' mangroves (Avicennia marina), Miller's Landing, Corner Inlet, Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia. These are the southernmost mangroves in the world.
AU1060902
Stilt roots of red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) at low tide, Cuare Wildlife Refuge, Falcon State, Venezuela
VE0151002
Black mangrove (Bruguiera gymnorhiza) with pneumatophores at low tide, Kalamalagi River, near Palmalmal, Pomio District, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
PN0031103
Stilt roots of red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle), La Tovara wetland, near San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico
ME0221703
Stilt roots of red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle), Laguna Sontecomapan, Veracruz, Mexico
ME0061503
Bromeliad on the buttresses of a nato mangrove (Mora megistosperma), Utria National Park, Choco Department, Colombia
CO0170702
Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama
PA0040103
Stilt-rooted mangroves (Rhizophora mucronata) and a Tamil man fishing for crabs, Pitchavaram Mangrove Forest, Tamil Nadu, India
ID0041602
Seedling of a manawa mangrove (Avicennia marina ssp. resinfera) amongst pneumatophores, in the estuary of the Te Haumi river, North Island, New Zealand
NZ0231903
Great white egret (Casmerodius albus) amongst the stilt roots of red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle), La Tovara wetland, near San Blas, Nayarit, México
ME0461202
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) on a red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), La Tovara wetland, near San Blas, Nayarit, México
ME0470102
Yellow-crowned night heron (Nycticorax violaceus) on a red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), Cuare Wildlife Refuge, Falcón State, Venezuela
VE0151201
Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) in evening light, Punta Patino Nature Reserve, Darien Province, Panama
PA0020602

This is just a small sampling of the many images I have of Mangroves in my files - if you have a specific subject which isn't covered here, please contact me as I may well have it in my files.

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