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COASTAL VEGETATION - Coggle Diagram
COASTAL VEGETATION
REMARKS ON COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
THREATENED BY NUTRIENT AND SEDIMENT RUN-OFF FROM THE LAND
THESE HABITATS ARE ENDANGERED
MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES NEED TO BE EFFECTIVE AND STRENGTHENED BY GOVERNMENTS
VITAL FOR FOOD SECURITY OF COASTAL INHABITANTS
ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GASSES EMISSIONS ARE BEING UNDERESTIMATED
LACK OF CRITICAL DATA FOR ALL HABITATS
CORAL REEFS DO NOT ACT AS CARBON SINKS
CARBON SEQUESTERED PER UNIT AREA MAY BE GREATER THAN SIMILAR PROCESSES ON LAND
CARBON MANAGEMENT POTENTIAL IS EQUIVALENT TO TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
SALT MARSHES PROVIDE THE GREATEST LONG-TERM RATE OF CARBON ACCUMULATION
SIGNIFICANT GOOD AND SERVICE THEY PROVIDE
MAJOR BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEMS
TIDAL FRESHWATER FORESTS
COMMUNITIES OF TREES AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLAGES ON LOW-LYING COASTAL SETTINGS AND HEAD OF ESTUARIES WHERE FRESHWATER FLOWS FALL WTH THE RISE AND WITH THE TIDES
SEAGRASS BEDS
COMMUNITIES OF FLOWERING MARINE ANGIOSPERMS, WHICH GROW IN MARINE, FULLY SALINE ENVIRONMENT
TIDAL MARSHES
COMMUNITIES OF GRASSES, HERBS, AND LOW SHRUBS THAT ARE TOLERENT OF FLOODING AND OCCUPY THE TIDAL ZONE MOSTLY ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL
SEAWEEDS
HABITAT THAT COMPRISE BENTHIC MARINE ALGAE THAT LIVE EITHER IN MARINE OR BRACKISH WATER ENVIRONMENT
MANGROVE FOREST
TIDAL HABITAT COMPRISED TREES, SHRUB, PALMS, AND GROUND FERNS THAT GENERALLY EXCEEDING ONE-HALF METER IN HEIGHT THAT NORMALLY GROWS ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL IN THE INTERTIDAL ZONE OF MARINE COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS AND ESTUARINE MARGINS