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12.G.1. 12/08/2020 <br />Ecosystem Functions and Habitat Use (Part 2): <br />Mangroves <br />• Mangrove fringes are common <br />along the County's shoreline <br />• 85% of mangrove forests were lost <br />Lagoon -wide <br />• Susceptible to natural and human - <br />induced impacts <br />• Coastal development <br />• Manipulation of water management <br />practices <br />• Exotic vegetation <br />• Marine debris <br />• Sea level rise and warming <br />temperatures <br />• Hurricanes <br />SCHEMATIC MANGROVE ZONATION <br />swan m..acrn.s Mnc.;en.,.vcaait. <br />.fly`*0- <br />Ecosystem Functions and Habitat Use (Part 2): Spoil <br />Islands and their Importance to Bird Populations <br />• Spoil islands created in 1940s/50s by dredging the ICW <br />• IRC has 104 spoil islands <br />I,ZO - 2 <br />