The population exposed to fluctuating selective pressure in a spawning area with occasional
brackish water intrusions
tolerated higher salinities on average, and performed reasonably well over a range of different salinities.
Red Mangrove: local name «mangle», Mayan name «tap - che»: Rhizophora mangle: Family Rhizophoraceae The red mangrove can
tolerate normal marine sea water, hypersaline water (seawater concentrated by evaporation) or fresh to
brackish water and is known as a facultative halophyte (it can live in saline water but is not limited to it).