Sedimentary blue carbon dynamics based on chronosequential observations in a tropical restored mangrove forest

Ray, Raghab; Suwa, Rempei; Miyajima, Toshihiro; Munar, Jeffrey; Yoshikai, Masaya; San Diego-McGlone, Maria Lourdes; Nadaoka, Kazuo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-911-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-911-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-911-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 4

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03 Mar 2023

Research article |

| 03 Mar 2023

Sedimentary blue carbon dynamics based on chronosequential observations in a tropical restored mangrove forest

Raghab Ray, Rempei Suwa, Toshihiro Miyajima, Jeffrey Munar, Masaya Yoshikai, Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlone, and Kazuo Nadaoka

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Planted mangrove sediment carbon accumulation Raghab Ray https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22178636.v2

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Mangroves are blue carbon ecosystems known to store large amounts of organic carbon in the sediments. This study is a first attempt to apply a chronosequence (or space-for-time substitution) approach to evaluate the distribution and accumulation rate of carbon in a 30-year-old (maximum age) restored mangrove forest. Using this approach, the contribution of restored or planted mangroves to sedimentary organic carbon presents an increasing pattern with mangrove age.