Importance of Mangrove forest

Mangrove forest are extremely productive ecosystems that provide numerous good and services both to the marine environment and people. They are distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical oceans of the world
They can grow only on shores sheltered from wave action otherwise the seed would never be able to ground properly and put down roots.

 Home for various variety of fish, crab, shrimp, and mollusk species. Mangrove forest form a strange mixture of marine and terrestrial organisms and have been suggested as pathway from land to sea.
the forest also serves as nurseries for many fish species including coral reef fish. Large number of marine invertebrate inhibit the prop roots.
Terrestrial organism show no special adaptations for life in mangrove forest

The dense root systems of mangrove forest trap sediments flowing down rivers and off the land. This helps stabilizes the coastline and prevents erosion from waves and storms. By filtering out sediments, the forest also protect coral reefs and sea grass meadows from being smothered in sediments.