Biomass and carbon estimation for scrub mangrove forests and examination of their allometric associated uncertainties.

ABSTRACT: Reliable estimates of biomass and carbon storage are essential for the understanding of the environmental drivers and processes that regulate the productivity of scrub forests. The present study estimated total (above-ground, AGB + below-ground, BGB) biomass and carbon storage of a scrub forest dominated by Avicennia germinans (L.) L. based on the existing allometric models for the AGB, while novel models were developed to estimate the BGB. Data collection followed a destructive approach by using the "sampling method", from 45 trees divided into three height classes. Tree height and diameter were used to estimate the BGB of these forests, providing more accurate estimates of their biomass. Our findings indicate the existence of a direct relationship with increasing topography and interstit

SUBMITTER: Virgulino-Junior PCC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7064231 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature