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Belowground carbon storage of Micronesian mangrove forests
Author(s) -
Fujimoto Kiyoshi,
Imaya Akihiro,
Tabuchi Ryuichi,
Kuramoto Shigeo,
Utsugi Hajime,
Murofushi Tamon
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
ecological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1440-1703
pISSN - 0912-3814
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1703.1999.00313.x
Subject(s) - mangrove , micronesian , habitat , peat , environmental science , geography , carbon fibers , ecology , oceanography , rhizophora , radiocarbon dating , blue carbon , geology , biology , archaeology , seagrass , materials science , composite number , genealogy , composite material , history
Belowground carbon storage was examined for mangrove forests on Pohnpei Island, Micronesia. Stored carbon in a coral reef‐type mangrove habitat consisting of a 2 m thick mangrove peat layer, which is a type of mangrove habitat in tropical Pacific islands, was estimated at 1300 t C ha −1 . The carbon burial rate during the phase of gradual sea‐level rise, which was calculated at 93 g m −2 year −1 between 1800 and 1380 years BP using the medians of the radiocarbon ages, was significantly higher than that between 1380 years BP and present in a stable sea‐level phase.
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