Carbon cycling and storage in mangrove forests

DM Alongi - Annual review of marine science, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Mangroves are ecologically and economically important forests of the tropics. They are
highly productive ecosystems with rates of primary production equal to those of tropical …

Significant reduction of carbon stocks and changes of ecosystem service valuation of Indian Sundarban

B Bera, S Bhattacharjee, N Sengupta, PK Shit… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The Sundarban mangrove or tidal influenced natural ecosystem is extremely productive and
providing multiple goods and services to millions of people. In the last few decades, the …

Four decades of data indicate that planted mangroves stored up to 75% of the carbon stocks found in intact mature stands

CF Bourgeois, RA MacKenzie, S Sharma… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Mangroves' ability to store carbon (C) has long been recognized, but little is known about
whether planted mangroves can store C as efficiently as naturally established (ie, intact) …

Carbon sequestration in mangrove forests

DM Alongi - Carbon management, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Mangrove forests are highly productive, with carbon production rates equivalent to tropical
humid forests. Mangroves allocate proportionally more carbon belowground, and have …

[HTML][HTML] Variability in the organic carbon stocks, sources, and accumulation rates of Indonesian mangrove ecosystems

MA Kusumaningtyas, AA Hutahaean… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mangrove ecosystems are an important natural carbon sink that accumulate and store large
amounts of organic carbon (C org), in particular in the sediment. However, the magnitude of …

Spatial patterns and driving factors of carbon stocks in mangrove forests on Hainan Island, China

Y Meng, R Gou, J Bai… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Mangrove forests are important coastal wetlands for the blue carbon budget and play a
significant role in mitigating global climate change. However, spatial patterns of carbon …

Coastal morphology explains global blue carbon distributions

RR Twilley, AS Rovai, P Riul - Frontiers in Ecology and the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Because mangroves store greater amounts of carbon (C) per area than any other terrestrial
ecosystem, conservation of mangrove forests on a global scale represents a potentially …

Mangrove root biomass and the uncertainty of belowground carbon estimations

MF Adame, S Cherian, R Reef… - Forest ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mangroves sequester large amounts of carbon (C) and they are increasingly recognized for
their potential role in climate change mitigation programs. However, there is uncertainty in …

Assessment and attribution of mangrove Forest changes in the Indian Sundarbans from 2000 to 2020

S Samanta, S Hazra, PP Mondal, A Chanda, S Giri… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Indian Sundarbans, together with Bangladesh, comprise the largest mangrove forest in
the world. Reclamation of the mangroves in this region ceased in the 1930s. However, they …

[HTML][HTML] Precision in map** and assessing mangrove Biomass: Insights from the Persian Gulf coasts

S Pirasteh, D Mafi-Gholami, H Li, Z Fang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This groundbreaking research makes a contribution to climate change adaptation studies by
filling a crucial knowledge gap related to the precise evaluation of mangrove biomass—an …