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Estimates of biomass in a temperate mangrove community
Author(s) -
BRIGGS S. V.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1442-9993
pISSN - 0307-692X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1977.tb01151.x
Subject(s) - avicennia marina , mangrove , aerial root , rhizophora mangle , biomass (ecology) , temperate climate , avicennia , rhizophora , rhizophoraceae , seedling , rhizophora mucronata , subtropics , environmental science , botany , biology , forestry , agronomy , ecology , geography
Above and below ground biomass of Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. was studied in a mangrove community near Sydney, Australia. Data were obtained for seedlings (0–80 cm) and established trees (≥ 200 cm) growing in two nearby sites. Estimates were made of total mangrove biomass and its components: roots and pneumatophores; trunks and branches: leaves and petioles. The sites studied differed in average tree size (277 kg v. 97 kg) and in seedling biomass (0.12 km m ‐2 v. 0.02 kg m ‐2 ) but not in total biomass (29.2 kg m ‐2 v. 27.3 kg m ‐2 ). The partitioning of biomass of Avicennia marina in this temperate mangrove community was similar to that of Rhizophora mangle in a tropical mangrove community.