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Bruguiera etc.
Rhizoohora
FIG. 32. Diagram of a transect to show erosion and subsequent regeneration. This is based on a shore north of the township
on the island of Pulau Ketam off Port Swettenham in Malaya. It is drawn from air photographs and observations made
on the ground. The distribution of animals is similar to that shown in Figs. 17 and 18 apart from the presence of xanthid
crabs in the crevices of the ‘‘ salting cliff” and the presence of the crab Mucrophthalmus erato occupying a hollowed out
and decayed mangrove root (X).
Bruguiera etc.
Rhizoohora
FIG. 32. Diagram of a transect to show erosion and subsequent regeneration. This is based on a shore north of the township
on the island of Pulau Ketam off Port Swettenham in Malaya. It is drawn from air photographs and observations made
on the ground. The distribution of animals is similar to that shown in Figs. 17 and 18 apart from the presence of xanthid
crabs in the crevices of the ‘‘ salting cliff” and the presence of the crab Mucrophthalmus erato occupying a hollowed out
and decayed mangrove root (X).