This nursery habitat is replaced by one supported by the Nipa palm as salinity decreases.
The energy flow of this habitat was first elucidated, in detail, by Eric Heald and Bill Odum, including analyses of its detrital food cycle. Some of these habitats exhibit a distinct zonation pattern, with the "associate" buttonwood, Conocarpus erectus, forming the outlying edge. These habitats are supported by viviparous autotrophs that reproduce via "propagules." This habitat can be based on the Avicennia and Sonneratia genera, which have developed (*) aerial roots known as pneumatophores, but its most common genus is Rhizophora, which is supported by stilt roots. This nursery habitat is replaced by one supported by the Nipa palm as salinity decreases. For 10 points, what upper intertidal zone habitat, found in in tropical climates, is formed by namesake halophytic trees?
The energy flow of this habitat was first elucidated, in detail, by Eric Heald and Bill Odum, including analyses of its detrital food cycle.
mangroves [or: mangrove forests, mangrove swamps]