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However, a new study suggests the real value of mangroves is much higher as huge
quantum of carbon is locked in the soil of mangrove ecosystem, which is yet to be
quantified in monetary terms.
References
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References
However, a new study suggests the real value of mangroves is much higher as huge
quantum of carbon is locked in the soil of mangrove ecosystem, which is yet to be
quantified in monetary terms.
References
Adame, M. F., Kauffman, J. B., Medina, I., Gamboa, J. N., Torres, O., Caamal, J. P., Reza, M.,
& Herrera-Silveira, J. A. (2013). Carbon stocks of tropical coastal wetlands within the karstic
landscape of the Mexican Caribbean. PLoS One, 8(2), e56569.
Aguilera-Morales, M., Casas-Valdez, M., Carrillo-Domínguez, S., Gonzáles-Acosta, B., & PérezGil, F. (2005). Chemical composition and microbiological assays of marine algae Enteromorpha
spp. as a potential food source. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 18, 79–88.
Alongi, D. M. (2009). The energetics of mangrove forests. Dordrecht: Springer.
Ball, M. C. (1996). Comparative ecophysiology of tropical lowland moist rainforest and mangrove
forest. In S. S. Mulkey, R. L. Chazdon, & A. P. Smith (Eds.), Tropical forest plant physiology
(pp. 461–496). New York: Chapman and Hall.
Banerjee, K., Sengupta, K., Raha, A. K., & Mitra, A. (2013). Salinity based allometric equations for
biomass estimation of Sundarban mangroves. Biomass & Bioenergy (Elsevier), 56, 382–391.
Barbarino, E., & Lourenço, S. O. (2009). Comparison of CHN analysis and Hach acid digestion to
quantify total nitrogen in marine organisms. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 7(2009),
751–760.
Beseres Pollack, J., Yoskowitz, D., Kim, H.-C., & Montagna, P. A. (2013). Role and value of nitrogen regulation provided by oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in the Mission-Aransas estuary,
Texas,USA. PLoS One, 8, e65314. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065314.
Bhatt, J. R., & Kathiresan, K. (2011). Biodiversity of mangrove ecosystems in India. In J. R. Bhatt
et al. (Eds.), Towards conservation and management of mangrove ecosystem in India. India:
IUCN New Delhi.
Chaudhuri, A. B., & Choudhury, A. (1994). Mangroves of the Sundarbans, India.1. Bangkok:
IUCN.
Chidumaya, E. N. (1990). Above ground woody biomass structure and productivity in a Ambezian
woodland. Forest Ecology and Management, 36, 33–46.
Donato, D. C., Kauffman, J. B., Murdiyarso, D., Kurnianto, S., Stidham, M., & Kanninen, M.
(2011). Mangroves among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics. Nature Geoscience, 4,
293–297.
Donato, D. C., Kauffman, J. B., Mackenzie, R. A., Ainsworth, A., & Pfleeger, A. Z. (2012). Wholeisland carbon stocks in the tropical Pacific: Implications for mangrove conservation and upland
restoration. Journal of Environmental Management, 97, 89–96.
FSI, India State of Forest Report. (2013). Forest survey of India, Dehradun.
Hach, C. C., Bowden, B. K., Kopelove, A. B., & Brayton, S. T. (1987). More powerful peroxide Kjeldahl digestion method. Journal of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 70,
783–787.
Hedges, J. I., & Stern, J. H. (1984). Carbon and nitrogen determinations of carbonate-containing
solids. Limnological Oceanography, 29(3), 657–663.
Husch, B., Miller, C. I., & Beers, T. W. (1982). Forest mensuration (3nd ed.). New York: Wiley.
402 p.
Jagtap, T. G. (1985). Ecological studies in relation to the mangrove environment along the Goa
Coast, India. Ph. D thesis, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, pp. 37–44.
Kauffman, J. B., Heider, C., Cole, T. G., Dwire, K. A., & Donato, D. C. (2011). Ecosystem carbon
stocks of micronesian mangrove forests. Wetlands, 31, 343–352.
References