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 left:ISS006-E-73410 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Mataiva This atoll is one of the oldest in the Tuamotus. That's why its lagoon is almost completely filled by sediments and phosphore (from the excrements of seabirds). |
 left:Mataiva, the water inside the lagoon is often quite shallow. Photo: Angela K. Keppler http://www.pbif.org |
| Flora of Mataiva (incomplete) (green = pictures) Capparis cordifolia, Cassytha filiformis, Cocos nucifera, Cordia subcordata, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Microsorum grossum, Nesogeneus eupharsioides, Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pisonia grandis, Sesbania coccinea ssp. atollensis, Suriana maritima, Triumfetta procumbens, Ximenia americana |
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