Benefits

The roots of the mangrove not only intercept sediment expand on beaches, but also protect the bay from the giant wind or big waves directly attacked which have excellent security revetment function.

1. Filter the organic matter and pollutants from the terrestrial runoff which come from inland.

Mangrove species through their roots absorb inorganic substances in water, reduce water pollution, example: the microbial metabolism soil surface absorption, chemical precipitation and absorption by plants and other. This method can reduce the suspended solids, chemical oxygen demand (COD), nitrogen and phosphorus, and other elements, and metal.

The Tamsui River mangroves cumulative metal, the cumulative site to the roots of the highest, which mangroves should have fixed the heavy metals in the sediment, in order to reduce its role in the food chain cycle cumulative.

2. throughout the formation of soil sediments, to resist the impact of the tides and floods.

From http://203.145.193.110/NSC_INDEX/Journal/EJ0001/9808/9808-02.pdf

3. Provide habitat for many birds and marine animals and foraging environment.

 From http://www.awalkinthewoods.us/Image15.gif

From http://www.naturefoundationsxm.org/education/mangroves/red_mangrove_illustration.gif

From http://163.20.52.71/stu635/cwpspage/ta/grove/bird.htm

4. It can be used as timber, firewood, food, herbs, and other chemical raw materials.

5. Mangrove has the value of people from a variety of angles like appreciate, entertainment, knowledge and education to achieve the purpose of tourism.

From http://163.20.52.71/stu635/cwpspage/ta/grove/benefit.htm

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Source:


"Modeling of Flow Resistance in Mangrove Swamp at Mouth of Tidal Keelung River, Taiwan"
Wen-Cheng Liu; Ming-Hsi Hsu; and Chi-Fang Wang

http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2003)129:2(86)

"Fish Assemblages in the Mangrove Creeks of Northern and Southern Taiwan"

Shih-Rong Kuo, Hsing-Juh Lin and Kwang-Tsao Shao

http://www.jstor.org/stable/1353079