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The park hosts 36 species of mangroves dominated by the Rhizophora spp. and which also include Avicennia species of which the oldest is more than 125 years old. [5] [4] It also supports 68 avifauna species, including mangrove heron, Pacific reef heron, little egret, wandering whistling duck, white-collared kingfisher, Pacific swallow, common emerald dove, zebra dove, amethyst brown dove ...
Rhizophora is a genus of tropical mangrove trees, sometimes collectively called true mangroves. The most notable species is the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) but some other species and a few natural hybrids are known. Rhizophora species generally live in intertidal zones which are inundated daily by the ocean.
The LPPCHEA contains a mangrove forest and swamps providing a habitat for many migratory bird species [7] which devises the East Asian–Australasian Migratory Flyway. There are at least 41 recorded migratory birds coming from as far as China, Japan, and Siberia in the protected area. The migration season is every August to April and there ...
The most common type of mangrove found on the island is the Avicennia rumphiana (bungalon). It is also inhabited by 3 species of crabs and 14 species of shellfish. [1] Until the 1980s, Isla Pulo contained long stretches of white sand beaches and thick mangrove vegetation. Its ecology changed with the arrival of informal settlers in the 1990s.
Mangrove roots at low tide in the Philippines Mangroves are adapted to saline conditions. Etymology of the English term mangrove can only be speculative and is disputed. [12]: 1–2 [13] The term may have come to English from the Portuguese mangue or the Spanish mangle. [13]
The Philippines, with the fifth longest coastline in the world, holds at least 50% of known mangrove species and is considered one of the top 15 most mangrove-rich countries. Philippine mangrove forests cover an estimated 2,473.62 km 2 (955.07 sq mi) of coastline as of 2003, which comprise 3% of the total forest cover remaining in the country.
Very low impact pens created in mangrove areas, with some digging where needed to ensure water is present during low tide, can be used to harvest crabs without damaging the mangrove ecosystem. [11] These usually have one crab per square meter, producing 1,400 kilograms (3,100 lb) per 1 hectare (2.5 acres). [15]
The Baliangao Protected Landscape and Seascape is a wetland conservation area along the coast of Danao Bay in northern Misamis Occidental, Philippines.Situated on the territory of four barangays in the municipality of Baliangao (Misom, Sinian, Tugas and Landing), it covers 294.10 hectares (726.7 acres) of terrestrial and marine areas consisting of mangrove, sea grass and coral reef ecosystems.