Knee Deep in Mangrove Mud

Anne Chamberlain and Marc Frischer stride through a mangrove pond at Twin Cays, Belize.
(Ilka C. Feller/Smithsonian Institution)

Smithsonian research assistant Anne Chamberlain and Marc Frischer from Skidaway Institute of Oceanography in Savannah, Georgia, stride through thick mud covered by algal mats in a mangrove pond at Twin Cays, Belize. More about mangroves can be found in our Mangroves featured story.