Page:Niger Delta Ecosystems- the ERA Handbook, 1998.djvu/79

The Lowland Equatorial Monsoon Ecozone #

#

#

#

5.11 THE SUB-ECOZONES OF THE LEM ECOZONE OF THE NIGER DELTA

As we have said, within the LEM ecozone are contained smaller areas of riverine, swamp and flood plain ecosystems that may be considered as 'sub-ecozones'. These would have been dominated by broad-leafed trees suited to waterlogged conditions, palms, bamboo and sedges, and associated animals. As these ecosystems are the more general case in FAM and BAM ecozones, they are discussed more fully within the following chapters. 77