Martin Willis / Mangroves along coast and boat, Deluge Inlet, Hinchinbrook Island National Park, Queensland, Australia

Jeff Foott / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) and Sawgrass (Cladium sp), Everglades National Park, Florida

Duncan Murrell / Mangroves on Tupeti Island, Southern Lagoon, Forgotten Coast, Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems UNESCO World Heritage Site. New Caledonia.

Nick Hawkins / Sergeant major (Abudefduf sp) schooling in mangroves of Isabela Island, Galapagos.

Shane Gross / Lemon shark pup (Negaprion brevirostris) in mangrove forest which acts as a nursery for juveniles of this species. Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Shane Gross / Lemon shark pup (Negaprion brevirostris) in mangrove forest which acts as a nursery for juveniles of this species. Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Shane Gross / Lemon shark pup (Negaprion brevirostris) in mangrove forest which acts as a nursery for juveniles of this species. Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of the tide rising at Cape Leveque, with Mangroves (Rhizophora) in the foreground, Kimberley, Western Australia, 2016

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of the tide rising in a Mangrove (Rhizophora) forest, Daintree, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland, Australia.

David Fleetham / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) emerging from ocean into Mangroves (Rhizophoraceae). Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.

Suzi Eszterhas / Pygmy Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) swimming in mangrove forest, Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Panama

Ingo Arndt / Mangrove (Avicennia sp) islands, Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park, Florida