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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ibnanv" data-source="post: 21753542" data-attributes="member: 218596">Mangroves and  seagrass provide habitat for important commercial and  recreational species,  help stabilize the seafloor, and filter  pollutants       <img src="http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/plants/bonefish.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     Seagrass  habitat helps to support a thriving, multi-million  dollar recreational fishery  including flats fishing for bonefish and  tarpon.            Almost all fish and shellfish caught by commercial and  recreational anglers spend some part of their life cycles in or near <a href="http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/plants/mangroves.html" target="_blank">mangroves</a>.  And many animals such as Key deer and great white heron call the mangrove  habitat home.   <a href="http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/plants/seagrass.html" target="_blank">Seagrass</a>  communities, in turn are home to a wide range of  critters at some part  of their life cycles, including pink shrimp, lobster, red  fish, and  stone crab. By providing food and shelter to a range of fish, in  2010,  seagrass beds supported an estimated $13.9 million in stone crab, spiny   lobster, shrimp, yellowtail snapper, gray snapper, and blue crab  harvests for  Monroe County.   Both mangroves and seagrass play an important role in  holding down  the ground. The roots of mangroves help absorb the action from  waves  and help prevent shoreline erosion. When these trees and shrubs are   removed, additional support structures such as seawalls are needed.  Along the  same lines, seagrass stabilize sediments on the seafloor.  Without seagrass,  most areas where they currently live would be a  seascape of shifting sand  and mud.  Mangroves and seagrass also filter pollutants, absorb excess   nutrients from runoff, and trap sediments, helping to increase the  clarity  and quality of waters.<a href="http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/plants/msbenefits.html" target="_blank">http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/plants/msbenefits.html</a></blockquote>

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