Carbon stocks of mangroves and salt marshes of the Amazon region, Brazil

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cg.contributor.crpForests, Trees and Agroforestry
cg.coverage.countryBrazil
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BR
cg.coverage.regionSouth America
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0208en
cg.issn1744-9561en
cg.issn1744-957Xen
cg.issue9en
cg.journalBiology Lettersen
cg.subject.ciforWETLANDS AND BLUE CARBONen
cg.volume14en
dc.contributor.authorKauffman, J.B.en
dc.contributor.authorBernardino, A.F.en
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, T.O.en
dc.contributor.authorGiovannoni, L.R.en
dc.contributor.authorOliveira Gomes, L.E. deen
dc.contributor.authorRomero, D.J.en
dc.contributor.authorZayas Jimenez, L.C.en
dc.contributor.authorRuíz, F.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-08T08:18:49Zen
dc.date.available2021-03-08T08:18:49Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/112122
dc.titleCarbon stocks of mangroves and salt marshes of the Amazon region, Brazilen
dcterms.abstractIn addition to the largest existing expanse of tropical forests, the Brazilian Amazon has among the largest area of mangroves in the world. While recognized as important global carbon sinks that, when disturbed, are significant sources of greenhouse gases, no studies have quantified the carbon stocks of these vast mangrove forests. In this paper, we quantified total ecosystem carbon stocks of mangroves and salt marshes east of the mouth of the Amazon River, Brazil. Mean ecosystem carbon stocks of the salt marshes were 257 Mg C ha −1 while those of mangroves ranged from 361 to 746 Mg C ha −1 . Although aboveground mass was high relative to many other mangrove forests (145 Mg C ha −1 ), soil carbon stocks were relatively low (340 Mg C ha −1 ). Low soil carbon stocks may be related to coarse textured soils coupled with a high tidal range. Nevertheless, the carbon stocks of the Amazon mangroves were over twice those of upland evergreen forests and almost 10-fold those of tropical dry forests.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2018-09-05
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKauffman, J.B., Bernardino, A.F., Ferreira, T.O., Giovannoni, L.R., de O. Gomes, L.E., Romero, D.J., Zayas Jimenez, L.C., Ruiz, F. 2018. Carbon stocks of mangroves and salt marshes of the Amazon region, Brazil. Biology Letters, 14 (9): 20180208. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0208en
dcterms.issued2018-09
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherRoyal Societyen
dcterms.subjectmangrovesen
dcterms.subjectcarbon sinksen
dcterms.subjecttropical forestsen
dcterms.subjectabove-ground biomassen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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