A contribution to understanding blue carbon sequestration and forest structure in mangroves of different ages in a small island (Mauritius)
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Abstract. Ramdhun D, Appadoo C. 2020. A contribution to understanding blue carbon sequestration and forest structure in mangroves of different ages in a small island (Mauritius). Ocean Life 4: 74-81. Mangrove biomes, a blue carbon coastal ecosystem, are considered as the most carbon-rich forest in the tropics, but there is a knowledge gap on their ecosystem services especially in small islands. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the carbon stock in sediment and aboveground biomass of three different ages of Rhizophora mucronata forests along the coastline of Mauritius. Forest structure was assessed, and measurements of diameter at breast height were used to calculate biomass using allometric equation. Corer samples were collected in each site and sectioned into subsamples of 0-10 cm, 10-20 cm and 20-30 cm, to analyze soil bulk density and soil organic carbon. The highest SOC stock (470.08 t ha?¹) was recorded at Mahebourg and lowest (331.33 t ha?¹) in the young stand at Le Morne. The total organic carbon contents varied from 931.50±17.06 t ha?¹ (at Mahebourg) to 350.76±4.058 t ha?¹ (young forest at Le Morne). There was no significant difference in soil carbon density at different soil depths studied at Le Morne (n=81, p=0.430 (old forest), p=0.875 (young forest)), however, a different scenario was observed at Mahebourg (n=81, p=0.027). This study is the first to report on the potential of carbon storage at these sites in Mauritius and add to the knowledge of the ecosystem services of this ecosystem.
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Ahmed N, Cheung WWL, Thompson S, Glaser M. 2017. Solutions to blue carbon emissions: shrimp cultivation, mangrove deforestation and climate change in coastal Bangladesh. Mar policy 82: 68–75.
Appadoo C. 2003. Status of mangroves in Mauritius. J Coast Dev 7 (1): 1-3.
Ball MC. 1980. Patterns of secondary succession in a mangrove forest of Southern Florida. Oecologia 44(2): 226–235.
Betts T. 2006. An assessment of mangrove cover and forest structure in Las Perlas, Panama. Thesis [Dissertation]. Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. [Scottish]
Chan HT, Putz FE. 1986. Tree growth, dynamics, and productivity in a mature mangrove forest in Malaysia. For Ecol Manag 17(2-3): 211–230.
Chatting M, LeVay L, Walton M, Skov MW, Kennedy H, Wilson S, Al-Maslamani I. 2020. Mangrove carbon stocks and biomass partitioning in an extreme environment. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 244: 106940.
Chen J, Huang Y, Chen G, Ye Y. 2020. Effects of simulated sea level rise on stocks and sources of soil organic carbon in Kandelia Obovata mangrove forests. For Ecol Manag 460: 117898.
Chen R, Twilley RR. 1999. Patterns of mangrove forest structure and soil nutrient dynamics along the shark river estuary, Florida. Estuaries 22(4): 955–970.
Clarisse JO, Appadoo C, Boojhawon R. 2016. Spatial distribution of Rhizophora mucronata and Bruguiera gymnorrhiza mangroves using kriging technique: a contribution to understanding forest structure in south-east coast of Mauritius (Indian Ocean). University of Mauritius Research Journal 22: 458-483.
Climate-Data.Org, 2019. Mahebourg climate. [online]. Mauritius. Available from: https://en.climate-data.org/africa/mauritius/grand-port/mahebourg-25187/ [Accessed 19th December 2019].
Cuellar-Martinez T, Ruiz-Fernández AC, Sanchez-Cabeza JA, Libia-Hascibe PLH, Sandoval-gil J. 2019. Relevance of carbon burial and storage in two contrasting blue carbon ecosystems of a north-east pacific coastal lagoon. Sci Total Environ 675: 581-593.
Cui X, Liang J, Lu w, Chen H, Liu F, Lin G, Xu F, Luo Y, Lin G. 2018. Stronger ecosystem carbon sequestration potential of mangrove wetlands with respect to terrestrial forests in subtropical China. Agric For Meteorol 249: 71-80.
Dahdouh-Guebas F, Koedam N. 2008. Long-term retrospection on mangrove development using transdisciplinary approaches: a review. Aquat Bot 89: 80-92.
Delvecchia AG, Bruno JF, Benninger L, Alperin M, Banerjee O, Morales IDD. 2014. Organic carbon inventories in natural and restored Ecuadorian mangrove forests. PeerJ 2(1-4): e388.
Drude de Lacerda L. 2002. Mangrove Ecosystem: Function and Management. Springer, Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York.
Eid EM, Khedher KM, Ayed H, Arshad M, Moatamed A, Mouldi A. 2019. Evaluation of carbon stock in the sediment of two mangrove species, Avicennia marina and Rhizophora mucronata, growing in the Farasan islands, Saudi Arabia. Oceano 227: 1-14.
Eid EM, Shaltout KH. 2015. Distribution of soil organic carbon in the mangrove Avicennia marina (Forssk) Vierh. Along the Egyptian Red Sea Coast. Reg Stud Mar Sci 3: 76–82.
Fourqurean J, Johnson B, Kauffman JB, Kennedy H, Lovelock C, Saintilan N, Alongi DM, Cifuentes M, Copertino M, Crooks S, Duarte C, Fortes M, Howard J, Hutahaean A, Kairo J, Marba N, Murdiyarso D, Pidgeon E, Ralph P, Serrano O. 2014. Field sampling of vegetative carbon pools in coastal ecosystems. Arlington, Virginia, USA: 67-108.
Heiri O, Lotter A, Lemcke G. 2001. Loss on ignition as a method for estimating organic and carbonate content in sediments: reproducibility and comparability of results. J Paleolimnol 25(1): 101-110.
Howard J, Hoyt S, Isensee K, Telszewski M, Pidgeon E. 2014. Coastal blue carbon: 672 methods for assessing carbon stocks and emissions factors in mangroves, tidal salt 673 marshes, and seagrasses. Conservation International, Intergovernmental 674 Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, International Union for Conservation of 675 Nature. [Online]. Arlington, Virginia, USA. Available at: https://www.cifor.org/library/5095/ [Accessed 19 August 2020].
Johnson JL, Raw J, Adams JB. 2019. First report on carbon storage in a warm-temperate mangrove forest in South Africa. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 235: 106566.
Kamruzzaman M, Ahmed S, Osawa A. 2017. Biomass and net primary productivity of mangrove communities along the Oligohaline zone of Sundarbans, Bangladesh. For Ecosyst 4: 16.
Kirui B, Kairo JG, Karachi M. 2006. Allometric equations for estimating above ground biomass of Rhizophora mucronata lamk. (Rhizophoraceae) mangroves at Gazi Bay, Kenya. Western Indian Ocean J Mar Sci 5(1): 27-34.
Kusumaningtyas MA, Hutahaean AA, Fischer HW, Pérez-Mayo M, Pittauer D, Jennerjahn TC. 2018. Variability in the organic carbon stocks, sources, and accumulation rates of Indonesian mangrove ecosystems. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 218: 310-323.
Luo L, Gu JD. 2016. Alteration of extracellular enzyme activity and microbial abundance by biochar addition: implication for carbon sequestration in subtropical mangrove sediment. J Environ Manage 182: 29–36.
Martin C, Almahasheer H, Duarte CM. 2019. Mangrove forests as traps for marine litter. Environ. Pollut. 247: 499-508.
Penaranda MLP, Kintz JRC, Pena EJ. 2019. Carbon stocks in mangrove forests of the Colombian pacific. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 227: 106299.
Ranjan R, 2019. Optimal mangrove restoration through community engagement on coastal lands facing climatic risks: The case of Sundarbans region in India. Land Use Policy 81: 736–749.
Saenger P, Snedaker SC. 1993. Pantropical trends in mangrove above-ground biomass and annual litterfall. Oecologia 96(3): 293–299.
Salum RB, Souza-Filho PWM, Simard M, Silva CA, Fernandes MEB, Cougo MF, Rogers K. 2020. Improving mangrove above-ground biomass estimates using LiDAR. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 236: 106585.
Sanderman J, Heng T, Fiske G, Solvik K, Adame MF, Benson L, Bukoski JJ, Carnel P, Cifuentes-Jara M, Daniel-Donato D, Duncan C, Eid EM, Ermgassen PZ, Lewis CJE, Macreadie PI, Glass L, Gress S, Jardine SL, Jones TG, Nsombo EN, Rahman M, Sanders CJ, Spalding M, Landis E. 2018. A global map of mangrove forest soil carbon at 30m spatial resolution. Environ Res Lett 13: 055002.
Sasmito SD, Kuzyakov Y, Lubis AA, Murdiyarso D, Hutley LB, Bachri S, Friess DA, Martius C, Borchard N. 2020. Organic carbon burial and sources in soils of coastal mudflat and mangrove ecosystems. Catena 187: 104414.
Shaltout KH, Ahmed MT, Alrumman SA, Ahmed DA, Eid EM. 2019. Evaluation of the carbon sequestration capacity of arid mangroves along nutrient availability and salinity gradients along the red sea coastline of Saudi Arabia. Oceanologia 227: 1-14.
Thorhaug AL, Poulos HM, Portillo JL, Barr J, Lara-dominguez AL, Ku TC, Berlyn GP. 2018. Gulf of Mexico estuarine blue carbon stock, extent and flux: mangroves, marshes, and seagrasses: a North American hotspot. Sci Total Environ 653: 1253–1261.
Vinh TV, Marchand C, Linh TVK, Vinh DD, Allenbach M. 2019. Allometric models to estimate above-ground biomass and carbon stocks in Rhizophora apiculata tropical managed mangrove forests (Southern Viet Nam). For Ecol Manag 434: 131–141.
Vinod K, Asokan PK, Zacharia PU, Ansar CP, Vijayan G, Anasukoya A, Koya VAK, Nikhiljith M. 2019. Assessment of Biomass and Carbon Stocks in Mangroves of Thalassery Estuarine Wetland of Kerala, South West Coast of India. J Coast Res 86(S1): 209-217.
Wang L, Jia M, Yin D, Tian J. 2019. A review of remote sensing for mangrove forests: 1956–2018. Remote Sens Environ 231: 111223.
Weather atlas, 2019. Monthly weather forecast and climate Le Morne, Mauritius [online]. Mauritius. Available from: https://www.weather-atlas.com/en/mauritius/le-morne-climate#rainfall [ Accessed 19 December 2019].
Wu J, Chen B, Mao J, Feng Z. 2018. Spatiotemporal evolution of carbon sequestration vulnerability and its relationship with urbanization in China’s coastal zone. Sci Total Environ 645: 692–701.
Xiong Y, Liao B, Proffitt E, Guan W, Sun Y, Wang F, Liu X. 2018. Soil carbon storage in mangroves is primarily controlled by soil properties: A study at Dongzhai Bay, China. Sci Total Environ 619-620: 1226–1235.
Xue B, Yan C, Lu H, Bai Y. 2009. Mangrove-derived organic carbon in sediment from Zhangjiang estuary (China) mangrove wetland. J Coast Res 25(4): 949-956.
Yang J, Gao J, Liu B, Zhang W. 2014. Sediment deposits and organic carbon sequestration along mangrove coasts of the Leizhou Peninsula, Southern China. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 136: 3–10.