Ten Year Evaluation of Carbon Stock in Mangrove Plantation Reforested from an Abandoned Shrimp Pond
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Study Site
2.2. Land Treatment
2.3. Mangrove Planting
2.4. Tree Growth and Standing Biomass Measurements
2.5. Soil Sampling and Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Survival Rate and Tree Growth
Species and treatments | Instar | Total 1 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 February | 2005 October | 2003 November | 2004 November | 2005 October | 2011 August | ||
Spp. | 12.1 | 128.9 | 179.4 | 668.3 | 209.5 | 329.0 | 1,198.2 |
Excavation | 9.2 | 120.7 | 167.2 | 629.3 | 187.7 | 264.4 | 1,114.0 |
Error | 9.5 | 115.5 | 160.4 | 613.2 | 178.8 | 255.9 | 1,077.3 |
Total 2 | 30.7 | 365.0 | 507.0 | 1,910.7 | 576.0 | 849.3 | 3,389.5 |
3.2. Increment of Standing Biomass
Treatment | Spp. | Timeline | |
---|---|---|---|
2005 October | 2011 August | ||
Excavated area | RM | 19.9 | 98.7 |
BC | 13.0 | 28.8 | |
Unexcavated area | RM | 1.48 | 1.04 |
BC | 0.07 | 0.53 | |
AM | 16.6 | 16.9 |
3.3. Content of Soil Organic Carbon
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflict of Interest
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Matsui, N.; Morimune, K.; Meepol, W.; Chukwamdee, J. Ten Year Evaluation of Carbon Stock in Mangrove Plantation Reforested from an Abandoned Shrimp Pond. Forests 2012, 3, 431-444. https://doi.org/10.3390/f3020431
Matsui N, Morimune K, Meepol W, Chukwamdee J. Ten Year Evaluation of Carbon Stock in Mangrove Plantation Reforested from an Abandoned Shrimp Pond. Forests. 2012; 3(2):431-444. https://doi.org/10.3390/f3020431
Chicago/Turabian StyleMatsui, Naohiro, Keiyo Morimune, Wijarn Meepol, and Jirasak Chukwamdee. 2012. "Ten Year Evaluation of Carbon Stock in Mangrove Plantation Reforested from an Abandoned Shrimp Pond" Forests 3, no. 2: 431-444. https://doi.org/10.3390/f3020431
APA StyleMatsui, N., Morimune, K., Meepol, W., & Chukwamdee, J. (2012). Ten Year Evaluation of Carbon Stock in Mangrove Plantation Reforested from an Abandoned Shrimp Pond. Forests, 3(2), 431-444. https://doi.org/10.3390/f3020431