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Carbon dioxide emission through soil respiration in a secondary mangrove forest of eastern Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2009

Sasitorn Poungparn ,
Akira Komiyama ,
Aki Tanaka ,
Tanuwong Sangtiean ,
Chatree Maknual ,
Shogo Kato ,
Paisarn Tanapermpool  and
Pipat Patanaponpaiboon
Sasitorn Poungparn*
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Akira Komiyama
Affiliation:
Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1–1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501–1193 Japan
Aki Tanaka
Affiliation:
Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1–1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501–1193 Japan
Tanuwong Sangtiean
Affiliation:
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Chatree Maknual
Affiliation:
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Shogo Kato
Affiliation:
Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1–1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501–1193 Japan
Paisarn Tanapermpool
Affiliation:
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Pipat Patanaponpaiboon
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
*
1Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract:

Carbon dioxide emission through soil respiration is an important component of the carbon balance in forest ecosystems. However, little information is available on the rates of soil respiration in mangrove forests. We studied the rate of soil respiration in a secondary mangrove forest in eastern Thailand on an estuary of the Trat River during both the wet and dry seasons. A study site of 40 × 110 m was established and a series of vegetation zones identified: Sonneratia, Avicennia, Rhizophora and Xylocarpus, in order of increasing elevation inland. Soil respiration was measured during low tide, using an infrared gas analyser connected to a respiratory chamber, by excluding the respiration of above-ground roots from the chamber. At least 19 measurements were performed in each zone for each season. The rate of soil respiration significantly increased with increasing soil temperature. The soil temperature which was usually lower than that of sea water showed a trend that decreased with distance from the river in both wet and dry seasons. The relative land elevation causes different periods of inundation among the vegetation zones. The period was longest in the Sonneratia zone located on the river fringe, and became shorter moving inland. Thus, the elevation and relevant period of inundation are considered to be causal factors warming the soil. Consequently, the difference in soil temperature caused significantly different rates of soil respiration among the vegetation zones in the mangrove forest. Overall, the average rate of soil respiration ranged from 0.456 to 0.876 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1, supporting the view that mangrove forests have lower rates of soil respiration than do upland forests.

Keywords

CO2 emissionmangrove zonationsoil respirationsoil temperature
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , July 2009 , pp. 393 - 400
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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