Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Storage in Mangrove Forests in Southeastern Mexico
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. The Study Area
2.2. Sampling Desing
2.3. Determination of Tree Density
2.4. Determination of Aboveground Biomass
2.5. Determination of Carbon and CO2 Equivalent
3. Results
3.1. Tree Density
3.2. Woodland Diameter
3.3. Aboveground Biomass
3.4. Aboveground Carbon
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Species Group | Aboveground Biomass Equation | Source |
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R. mangle | Day et al. [42] | |
A. germinans | Smith and Whelan [43] | |
L. racemosa | Day et al. [42] | |
Pachira aquatica | Rodríguez et al. [44] | |
Lonchocarpus luteomaculatus | Hughes et al. [45] | |
Ficus maxima | Rodríguez et al. [46] | |
Annona glabra | Hung et al. [47] | |
Cocos nucifera | Krisnawati et al. [48] | |
Pithecellobium dulce | Návar [49] |
Code | Description | Decay Adjustment (%) | Biomass Considered (%) |
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1 | Very healthy/dominant: The crown is full on all sides. The crown of the tree is generally above those of other trees around it and has minimal competition. | 0 | 100 |
2 | Healthy/codominant: The crown is not full on all sides due to competition with annex trees but has a proportion of the crown that receives full sunlight. | 0 | 100 |
3 | Suppressed: The crown is usually under those of other trees and has live but decaying foliage. | 0 | 100 |
4 | Dead with some deterioration: The tree has no foliage. The branches and the upper part are intact, and the bark is retained to the tree. | 25 | 75 |
5 | Dead with advanced deterioration: The tree may not have the upper part, it has fungal bodies, and the bark is not present. The tree no longer has foliage in the crown. | 50 | 50 |
Tree Section | Standardized Portion of Biomass in Each Section of the Tree (%) | Current Portion of Defect in Each Section of the Tree (%) |
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Upper 1/3 | 10 | 0–100 |
Middle 1/3 | 30 | 0–100 |
Lower 1/3 | 60 | 0–100 |
Species | Individuals ha−1 | Number of Plots with the Species |
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L. racemosa | 3178.1 | 108 |
R. mangle | 258.4 | 51 |
Pachira aquatica | 29.2 | 17 |
A. germinans | 15.4 | 10 |
Lonchocarpus luteomaculatus | 15.4 | 7 |
Cocos nucifera | 12.3 | 3 |
Annona glabra | 3.8 | 2 |
Ficus maxima | 2.3 | 3 |
Pithecellobium dulce | 1.5 | 1 |
Species | 5.0–10 | 10.1–15 | 15.1–20 | 20.1–25 | 25.1–30 | 30.1–35 | 35.1–40 | >40 |
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cm | ||||||||
L. racemosa | 2853 | 1063 | 169 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
R. mangle | 220 | 95 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
P. aquatica | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. luteomaculatus | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. germinans | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
C. nucifera | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
A. glabra | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
F. maxima | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. dulce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Plots with the diameter class | 117 | 108 | 70 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
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Ávila-Acosta, C.R.; Domínguez-Domínguez, M.; Vázquez-Navarrete, C.J.; Acosta-Pech, R.G.; Martínez-Zurimendi, P. Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Storage in Mangrove Forests in Southeastern Mexico. Resources 2024, 13, 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/resources13030041
Ávila-Acosta CR, Domínguez-Domínguez M, Vázquez-Navarrete CJ, Acosta-Pech RG, Martínez-Zurimendi P. Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Storage in Mangrove Forests in Southeastern Mexico. Resources. 2024; 13(3):41. https://doi.org/10.3390/resources13030041
Chicago/Turabian StyleÁvila-Acosta, Carlos Roberto, Marivel Domínguez-Domínguez, César Jesús Vázquez-Navarrete, Rocío Guadalupe Acosta-Pech, and Pablo Martínez-Zurimendi. 2024. "Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Storage in Mangrove Forests in Southeastern Mexico" Resources 13, no. 3: 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/resources13030041