First Assessment of Carbon Stock in the Belowground Biomass of Brazilian Mangroves

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contents First Assessment of Carbon Stock in the Belowground Biomass of Brazilian Mangroves DANIEL M. C. SANTOS GUSTAVO C. D. ESTRADA VIVIANE FERNANDEZ MARCIEL R. M. ESTEVAM BRUNNA T. DE SOUZA MÁRIO L. G. SOARES Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) roots Sepetiba bay trench method Global climate change Guaratiba State Biological Reserve Studies on belowground roots biomass have increasingly reported the importance of the contribution of this compartment in carbon stock maintenance in mangrove forests. To date, there are no estimates of this contribution in Brazilian mangrove forests, although the country has the second largest area of mangroves worldwide. For this study, trenches dug in fringing forests in Guaratiba State Biological Reserve (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) were used to evaluate the contribution of the different classes of roots and the vertical stratification of carbon stock. The total carbon stock average in belowground roots biomass in these forests was 104.41 ± 20.73 tC.ha−1. From that, an average of 84.13 ± 21.34 tC.ha−1 corresponded to the carbon stock only in fine roots, which have diameters smaller than 5 mm and are responsible for over 80% of the total belowground biomass. Most of the belowground carbon stock is concentrated in the first 40 cm below the surface (about 70%). The root:shoot ratio in this study is 1.14. These estimates demonstrate that the belowground roots biomass significantly contributes, more than 50%, to the carbon stock in mangrove forests. And the mangrove root biomass can be greater than that of other Brazilian ecosystems. 2017 artículo científico 0001-3765 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32752675017 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=327 Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências application/pdf Academia Brasileira de Ciências Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.89
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spellingShingle First Assessment of Carbon Stock in the Belowground Biomass of Brazilian Mangroves
DANIEL M. C. SANTOS
Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas)
roots
Sepetiba bay
trench method
Global climate change
Guaratiba State Biological Reserve
First Assessment of Carbon Stock in the Belowground Biomass of Brazilian Mangroves DANIEL M. C. SANTOS GUSTAVO C. D. ESTRADA VIVIANE FERNANDEZ MARCIEL R. M. ESTEVAM BRUNNA T. DE SOUZA MÁRIO L. G. SOARES Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) roots Sepetiba bay trench method Global climate change Guaratiba State Biological Reserve Studies on belowground roots biomass have increasingly reported the importance of the contribution of this compartment in carbon stock maintenance in mangrove forests. To date, there are no estimates of this contribution in Brazilian mangrove forests, although the country has the second largest area of mangroves worldwide. For this study, trenches dug in fringing forests in Guaratiba State Biological Reserve (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) were used to evaluate the contribution of the different classes of roots and the vertical stratification of carbon stock. The total carbon stock average in belowground roots biomass in these forests was 104.41 ± 20.73 tC.ha−1. From that, an average of 84.13 ± 21.34 tC.ha−1 corresponded to the carbon stock only in fine roots, which have diameters smaller than 5 mm and are responsible for over 80% of the total belowground biomass. Most of the belowground carbon stock is concentrated in the first 40 cm below the surface (about 70%). The root:shoot ratio in this study is 1.14. These estimates demonstrate that the belowground roots biomass significantly contributes, more than 50%, to the carbon stock in mangrove forests. And the mangrove root biomass can be greater than that of other Brazilian ecosystems. 2017 artículo científico 0001-3765 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32752675017 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=327 Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências application/pdf Academia Brasileira de Ciências Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.89
title First Assessment of Carbon Stock in the Belowground Biomass of Brazilian Mangroves
topic Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas)
roots
Sepetiba bay
trench method
Global climate change
Guaratiba State Biological Reserve
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