Standing biomass and carbon storage of above-ground structures in dominant mangrove trees in the Sundarbans

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1325-1335

  Mitra, Abhijit ^a   Sengupta, Kasturi ^a   Banerjee, Kakoli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon; Carbon sequestration; Mangroves

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STOCKS; CARBON STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROUND STRUCTURE; MANGROVE SPECIES; MANGROVE TREE; MANGROVES; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; SONNERATIA APETALA; SPATIAL LOCATION; SUNDARBANS; WESTERN REGION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

BIOMASS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DOMINANCE; MANGROVE; SALINITY; SILTATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHELATION; FORESTRY; MANGROVE; PLANTS; SALINITY;

INDIA; SUNDARBANS;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA ALBA; EXCOECARIA AGALLOCHA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SONNERATIA APETALA;

EID: 79951959038     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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