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High primary productivity under submerged soil raises the net ecosystem productivity of a secondary mangrove forest in eastern Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2012

Sasitorn Poungparn ,
Akira Komiyama ,
Tanuwong Sangteian ,
Chatree Maknual ,
Pipat Patanaponpaiboon  and
Vilanee Suchewaboripont
Sasitorn Poungparn*
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Akira Komiyama
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan501-1193
Tanuwong Sangteian
Affiliation:
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Bangkok, Thailand
Chatree Maknual
Affiliation:
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Bangkok, Thailand
Pipat Patanaponpaiboon
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Vilanee Suchewaboripont
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
*
1Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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The distribution of mangrove forests is limited to the coastal zones of tropical and subtropical regions, and their total area is far smaller than that of upland forests (Spalding et al. 2010). Mangrove forests often show unique patterns of biomass allocation and carbon dynamics because they are periodically submerged by tides (Komiyama et al. 2008). Therefore, the contribution of mangrove forests to the global carbon fixation process should be carefully evaluated even though their distribution area is limited.

Keywords

net ecosystem productivitynet primary productivitysummation methodzonation
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Short Communication
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , May 2012 , pp. 303 - 306
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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