WIND 



TOURNEFORTIA 



forestt — 



PISONIA FORESTliolSml 



Itournefortia HERB 



"-| SCRUB | MAT | 



OCEAN 

 REEF FLATS 



OL VNESIAN RAT 



Fig. 35. Schematic profile through Long Island. Tr. O. Although Long Island has been formed in the recent past by a merger of five smaller islets, this section 

 of the islet is very mature, containing natural herb mats, Toumefortia scrub and forest, and tall Pisonia forest. Seven species of seabirds breed. Vertical 

 height is exaggerated. 



oc 



REE 



iCEAN |_HERb[tOURNEFORTIA 

 F FLATS I MAT! FOREST 



WIND 



SOUTH ISLAND. 

 TRANSECT 2 



DYING COCO S-IPOMOEA FOREST 

 (to 18m) 



BEACH SCRUB 

 COCOS |WITH SURJANAItoSm 



— Lag6on 



plantation! f 



( to 21m) 



I n j — l^s Sg&k .»■">& 



J — i 



E gJsSfl CORAL RUBBLE 

 FINE SAND 

 HUMUS. GUANO. RUBBLE 



BROWN " ■;■!■" 



H „ 





SHOREBIRDS 



REEF HERON 



1 BRISTLE -THlGHED CURLEW ^^S LON 



! «t^^H POLVN 



ESIAN R«T 



COCONUT CRAB 



G ■ TAILED CUCKOO 



Fig. 36. Schematic profile through South Island, where 77% of the land surface is covered with Cocos forests, primarily in a dying state. Vertical height is 



exaggerated. 



83 



