Mohamad Zakaria, Rozainah and Heng, Tan Jun and Halim, Aimee and Mohti, Azian and Ali, Nik Norafida Nik (2023) Does age matter? Unravelling the effects of replanted mangrove forests on the total ecosystem carbon stocks. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 66. ISSN 2352-4855, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103155.
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Mangrove replanting is a fundamental approach for restoring the ecosystem services in the mangrove ecosystems. This study assesses and compares the total ecosystem carbon stock (TECS) in different stand ages of replanted mangrove forests (1, 2, 5, 9, 10 and 21 years old and an Intact/Undisturbed Forest as the control) in the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The preferred species for planting are Rhizophora mucronata, R. apiculata and Bruguiera parviflora, while the Intact Forest only has one species, Avicennia marina. Most sites recorded additional species recruits after a few years. The study determines the total ecosystem carbon stock (TEC) based on the above-ground standing trees, below ground, dead wood and soil, uses the established allometric equations to calculate the biomass and carbon stock in vegetation, and determines the soil carbon using the LI method. In general, the results showed a linear relationship between the TECS and stand age (R=0.86, y=70.993x + 353.51). The tenyear-old stand had the highest TECS (875.79 Mg C ha-1), the one-year-old had the lowest (376.91 Mg C ha-1), and the Intact Forest was moderate at 530.57 Mg C ha-1. In all cases, soil contributed the highest percentage of 75%-98% to the TECS. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) revealed that the primary determiners of the TECS are the stand age, followed by mangrove tree structure and soil carbon accumulation capacity.& COPY; 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM), Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia [Grant no. GA010-2020] |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Replanted mangroves; Intact mangroves; Soil carbon stock; MNS; PIFWA |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Department of Geography |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2025 02:15 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2025 02:15 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/48657 |
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