The capacity of plants to sequester carbon depends on net primary productivity and pattern of biomass/carbon partitioning within the plant which is not well understood for mangroves. Above (A) to below (B)-ground carbon ...

Mangroves play an important role in sequestering organic carbon in tropical and subtropical coastal areas, accounting up to 15% of the total carbon deposited in coastal sediments. Sequestered organic carbon occurs both in ...

Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) absorbed by the plant canopies/ leaves gives a reliable measure of its gross primary production. The potential gross primary productivity of two mangrove stands, i.e. Kadolkele (70 ...

Mangroves are a group of genetically unrelated plant taxa of angiosperms that occur in inter-tidal habitats in sheltered tropical coastlines. Biogeographically, mangrove areas are categorized into two regions: Sri Lanka ...

Unique location in the land-sea interface makes mangrove ecosystems most vulnerable to the impacts of predicted sea level rise due to increasing anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Among others, carbon sink function of these tropical ...