Large numbers of dead trees can be seen in this view of the 
Ascension bay mangrove swaiip. They may have been killed by a 
hurricane that stripped the drees and flooded the area. Dr. Bctiber 
considers the Ascension Bay mangrove to be in an old age atage as 
there are fe’-r if any seedlings along its border; instead, mature and 
dead trees form the front of the swamp 
