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Mangrove plants require a number of physiological adaptations to overcome the problems of low environmental oxygen levels, high salinity, and frequent tidal flooding.Each species has its own solutions to these problems; this may be the primary reason why, on some shorelines, mangrove tree species show distinct zonation.
Mangroves are estimated to cover 5,569 km 2 in Cuba (or 4.8% of the country); 134 km 2 in Haiti; 325 km 2 in the Dominican Republic; and 106 km 2 in Jamaica. [1]Some ecoregion systems include the Greater Antilles mangroves, Bahamian mangroves, and Lesser Antilles mangroves within a single Bahamian-Antillean mangroves ecoregion.
A 1520 expedition by the Spanish discovered only 11 people in The Bahamas; the Lucayans were effectively eradicated from these islands. The islands of the Bahamas, including Andros Island, remained uninhabited thereafter for approximately 130 years. [7] The Bahamas subsequently passed back and forth between Spanish and British rule for 150 years.
Mangroves are hardy shrubs and trees that thrive in salt water and have specialised adaptations so they can survive the volatile energies of intertidal zones along marine coasts. A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal ...
The capital of Mangrove Cay is Moxey Town in the northeast corner of the island. There are 3 schools: Victoria Point Preschool, Burnt Rock Primary, and Mangrove Cay High School. The census of population 2010-05-03 shows a population of 892 for the district, of which 420 were in Moxey Town (Little Harbour).
The mangrove area includes red, white and black mangroves, and buttonwood, creating sheltered nursery waters for groupers, crawfish and conch. [2] The park provides important habitat for birds such as the white-cheeked pintail and the West Indian whistling duck, [2] and for migratory bird species including the painted bunting, indigo bunting, American redstart, black-and-white warbler and ...
South Andros is a district of the nation of the Bahamas. Geographically, South Andros is the southernmost third of the land mass colloquially called Andros, which includes the districts of North Andros, Central Andros, Mangrove Cay and South Andros. In 2022, the district had 3,711 inhabitants. [2]
The park has a land area of 810 hectares (2,000 acres) and a maximum altitude of 20 m (66 ft). It is administered by the Bahamas National Trust. [3]Washington Irving identified Conception Island as the site of one of Christopher Columbus' landfalls during his 1492 voyage, but this early theory was not supported by other historians and writers (either at the time or subsequently), who ...