Carbon Stocks in Mangrove Ecosystems of Musi and Banyuasin Estuarine, South Sumatra Province
Abstract: Mangrove forests in
estuarines can have exceptionally large carbon stocks and their protection and
restoration would constitute an effective mitigation strategy to climate
change. Inclusion of coastal ecosystems in mitigation strategies require
quantification of carbon stocks in order to calculate emissions or
sequestration through time. This study quantified the ecosystem carbon stocks
of the Musi Estuarine Waters (MEW) and Banyuasin Estuarine Water (BEW),
Province of South Sumatra into different vegetation types and examined
relationships of environmental variables with carbon stocks. At seven sites
within MEW and BEW of vegetation and soil samples. The results that the higher
value of carbon stock in vegetation from Site III/MEW (7.600,92 mg.ha-1), the
carbon stock in soil from Site II/MEW (61.081,87 mg.ha-1) and carbon stock in
ecosystem from Site II (64.548,54 mg.ha-1). Mangrove of A. marina the best to
explain carbon stocks included both vegetation and soil because they can
tolerate lower salinity.
Author: Melki, Isnaini
Journal Code: jpperikanangg140014
