Abstract
Mangrove forests have important ecological functions as a controller of environmental quality in coastal areas and absorber of atmospheric carbon. The mangrove ecosystem has a unique vegetation structure which form vegetation zonation that consists of different forest stands characteristics and tree species. This study aims to analyze the relationship between vegetation structural properties and the estimated aboveground carbon (AGC) stock of mangrove forest in Bedul mangrove, Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia. The study was conducted by field observation at some purposively selected sample locations. Field measurement was aimed to collect data about mangrove tree diameter at breast height (DBH), species, tree height, and fractional canopy cover. Mangrove biomass was indirectly calculated by allometric method based on mangrove species to estimate AGC in mangrove stands. The highest total AGC found in this study was 114.09 tons/ha at Rhizophora mucronata dominated forest, while the lowest total AGC was 12.86 tons/ha with Ceriops tagal as the dominant species. The AGC estimation in mangrove stands correlated positively with DBH and tree height. However, the biomass content and AGC are affected by the number of mangrove stands. The difference in the number of stands affect the amount of carbon content at each sample point.
Highlights
Climate change occurs because of an increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) content in the atmosphere
This study aims to analyze the relationship between vegetation structural properties and the estimated aboveground carbon (AGC) stock of mangrove forest in
2.2 Field data collections Determination of sample points was done by looking at the characteristics of mangrove objects that appear on Landsat 8 OLI image
Summary
Climate change occurs because of an increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) content in the atmosphere. The CO2 content in the air increases with the development of human activities. Global warming has an impact on living things such as increased temperatures, sea levels and disruption of food availability. In this context, vegetation plays an important role in absorbing carbon in the atmosphere and reducing the effects of global warming. Apart from the well-recognized role of terrestrial forests as carbon sinks, several studies have shown that carbon can be stored in the biomass and sediment of tidal swamp vegetations such as mangroves and seagrass beds [1,2,3]
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