We can also protect the reefs by protecting the surrounding ecosystems, like mangrove forests and seagrass beds.

我们保护珊瑚礁的方法还有保护周边的生态系统，比如红树林和海草丛。

Mangrove root systems have the ability to absorb and well trap sediments and pollutants in water that flows through them before they enter the ocean.

红树林根系有能力吸收并很好地截留水中的沉积物和污染物，这些沉积物和污染物在进入海洋之前流经这些根系。

The mangrove forests are evergreen.

红树林是常青树。

Mangrove forest management guidelines.

红树林管理准则。

Only 6.9 percent of mangrove forests are protected by law.

只有6.9%的红树林是受到法律保护。

The value of the mangrove ecosystem and its pollution problems.

红树林生态系统的价值及其污染问题。

In some cases it could be mangrove belts, in others a sea wall.

在某些情况下，它可能是红树林地带，在另外一些情况下，它可能是海堤。

Take mangrove forests, which are important for fisheries production.

例如对渔业生产很重要的红树林。

Under favourable conditions, mangrove trees can grow to large sizes.

如果条件适宜，红树林能够长得很大。

Mangrove forests act as a barrier against tsunamis, cyclones and.

红树林可作为抵御海啸和飓风的屏障。

Mangrove poles are also used for scissor nets in housing construction.

在建房中， 红树林木桩还用于剪刀网。

The mangrove forest also sequesters carbon dioxide in its root system.

红树林的的根系可以起到隔绝碳的作用。

They live inside the bases of three of the enormous mangrove-like trees.

村民们住在三棵巨大的像红树一样的大树底部。

Mangrove forests grow along the shorelines of 118 countries and territories.

红树林分布于118个国家领土的海岸线周边。

The island is about 60 feet in diameter, covered in sand, plants and mangrove trees.

这座岛直径60英尺，表面覆盖沙土，种植了红树和其他植物。

Scientists realized something similar while mapping the mangrove forests of the world.

科学家发现这种相似的情况同时出现在计算世界红树林面积的时候。

Five-year-old had been playing by river in mangrove swamp at time of his disappearance.

他消失时5岁，正在红树林沼泽地里一条河边玩耍。

But, Barbier found, a fully functioning mangrove ecosystem would be worth the restoration cost.

Barbier又发现，一个完全发挥机能的红树林生态系统可与修复费用等值。

The studied jellies live in mangrove swamps and the studied eyes are always aimed at the tree canopy.

研究人员研究了生活在红树林沼泽地带的水母，他们发现水母的眼睛总是盯着树冠。

Shrimp farms have been a primary cause of mangrove loss, as well as urbanization and agriculture.

海虾养殖和城市化、农业，是造成红树林消失的主要原因。

And the lion keeps something for you, and the mangrove swamp and the coral and the spider and the wren.

狮子，红树林沼泽、珊瑚，还有蜘蛛和鹪鹩也为你保存了某些东西。

undertake efforts to protect mangrove areas which provide protection against tidal surges and storm damage.

采取措施保护可防止涌潮和风暴破坏的红树林地区。

Thus, mangrove stands can recover rapidly from natural or man-made disturbances, including intensive logging.

因此，红树林能够在自然和人为的干扰、包括密集型采伐、之后迅速恢复。

In Latin America, mullets and snappers are among the most common fish caught in and around mangrove areas.

在拉丁美洲，鲻鱼和笛鲷鱼是在红树林内和周围捕获的最常见的鱼类。

He hid himself among the mangrove swamps close to the Kenyan border, assisting in the training of new recruits.

他隐藏在靠近肯尼亚交界的红树林沼泽地里，帮着训练新兵。

He decided to study how mangrove forests benefit humanity, but needed an accurate estimate of how much remains.

他决定研究红树林对人类的有益之处，但首先必须得到当下红树林的精确数据。

They feature a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests.

以潮汐水道的繁复、泥滩和耐盐的红树林的小岛屿而著名。

Used in wet sites which are not infested by shipworms, such mangrove piles can outlast non-treated inland hardwoods.

用在没有船蛀的潮湿地带，红树林木桩的使用寿命超过未经处理的陆地硬木。

Good regeneration potential: most mangrove species flower and fruit regularly and the propagules are dispersed by tides.

更新潜力丰富：大部分红树林品种定期开花结果，繁殖体随潮汐分散。