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This photo was taken as part of the Mangrove Biocomplexity Project taking place at Twin Cays, an oceanic mangrove ecosystem that lies 12 miles offshore of mainland Belize. Twin Cays is actually two islands that are separated by a shallow channel. Mangroves dominate the world's tropical and subtropical coasts, paralleling the geographical distribution of coral reefs.
Ecological processes here are influenced by inputs from the land, sea and sky, which result in extreme fluctuations of flooding, salinity, temperature, light and nutrient availability.Image credit: © Smithsonian Institution
