CREDITS.
World Mangrove iD-2 e-book Apple and Google Versions 2.1 with MangroveWatch Publications, was developed with funding and support from James Cook University Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER).
Prof. Norman C Duke gratefully acknowledges the generous support provided by Prof Damien Burrows, Director of TropWATER, James Cook University, Dr Rich Mackenzie with the US Forest Service, Jock Mackenzie with Earthwatch Australia, along with MangroveWatch and others who have supported and encouraged the publication of this mangrove e-book guide.
The precursor first edition of 'MangroveClick! World'' guide was developed with funding support from the Norman Wettenhall Foundation, and the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland, with early support also from James Cook University's Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research - TropWATER (https://www.tropwater.com/).
TEXT and DATA.
Prof Duke compiled and wrote the descriptions and accounts for each species and taxon based on multiple sources, including his own extensive database of morphological measurements collected over 5 decades. Published references to specific sources are included with the description for each species, and listed also in the Additional Notes.
PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES and RECORDS.
Individual contributors to the e-book are acknowledged insitu. The names of each contributor for each image used, are included with the relevant photographic image in this e-Book App. Owners of additional images used in future updates will be acknowledged in the same way, where possible.
BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATIONS & IDENTIFICATION KEYS.
Deidre Bean, botanical illustrator (http:// www.botanicalartist.com.au/mangroves.html), drafted growth form silhouettes of each species entity.
Prof Duke contributed illustrations and drafted pictorial identification keys for all poly-specific genera including Acanthus, Acrostichum, Aegialitis, Aegiceras, Avicennia, Brownlowia, Bruguiera, Camptostemon, Ceriops, Excoecaria, Heritiera, Kandelia, Lumnitzera, Pavonia, Pelliciera, Rhizophora, Sonneratia, and Xylocarpus.
COUNTRY MAPS.
Maps showing all country locations were drafted by Prof. Duke, based on mangrove regional distribution maps in the ‘World Atlas of Mangroves’ by Spalding, M.D., M. Kainuma and L. Collins, Published by Earthscan, London, U.K., 319 pages (2010).
DESIGN WORK.
Diana Kleine, graphic design specialist, drafted growth form icons used in the species lists, plus other icons used for Local Distribution plus the Phenology graphs. Prof. Duke drafted the remaining icons as well as the individual expert species distribution maps.
BEHIND THE SCENES.
'World Mangrove iD-2' has been developed with the assistance of two IT development teams, contributing to the one integrated app package consisting of: 1) the backend CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; and 2) the independent but linked frontend DISPLAY PORTAL app. The combined system allows the content of the e-book app that you see displayed, to be amended and updated as needed whilst also contributing to the fully archived public database of the CSIRO Atlas of Living Australia.
DEVELOPER - CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
Peter Brenton, Temi Varghese and Jack Brinkman, with CSIRO Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).
Contact: Peter Brenton, Manager, Applications.
Atlas of Living Australia, National Collections and Marine Infrastructure, CSIRO.
Clunies Ross Street, Acton ACT 2601. GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2601.
E: peter.brenton@csiro.au. T: +61 2 6246 5813. M: +61 436 630 766.
W1: www.ala.org.au. W2: www.csiro.au/Research/Collections.
DEVELOPER - DISPLAY PORTAL APP.
Contact: Harishanker Venugopal.
Codigence, Coding Intelligence.
234A, Narbhavee, Bapuji Nagar, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
Phone: +91 97461 24269. Email: info@codigence.in.
Web: https://www.codigence.in/.
DISCLAIMER.
The views expressed in the 'World Mangrove iD' e-book are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the contributors and supporters. Prof. Duke is fully responsible for choosing the plant entities presented and listed as mangrove taxa. All attempts have been made to acknowledge the sources used and ideas presented by others. Any omissions will be corrected.
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COPYRIGHT.
Copyright Norman C Duke and MangroveWatch Ltd 2025.
Except as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968, no part of the work may in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or any other means be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or be broadcast or transmitted without the prior written permission of Norman C Duke and MangroveWatch Ltd. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The copyright owner shall not be liable for technical or other errors or omissions contained herein. The reader/user accepts all risks and responsibility for losses, damages, costs and other consequences resulting directly or indirectly from using this information.
Enquiries about reproduction, including downloading or printing the web version, can be directed to mangrovewatch@gmail.com.
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