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exchange, mostly effluxes from the pedosphere towards the atmosphere below the
canopy when the soil is exposed to air) and (iii) air-water/atmosphere-hydrosphere
CO 2 flux (which covers all the CO 2 exchange taking place at the interface between
the mangrove surrounding waters like estuaries or tidal bays and the atmosphere)
(Fig. 7.2).
Fig. 7.1 The fate of CO 2 trapped by photosynthetic activity (live mangrove biomass) in a typical
mangrove forest. (Prepared up on IUCN 2009)
Fig. 7.2 Three type of fluxes from the mangrove ecosystems and their estimated range (positive
value indicates towards atmosphere and vice-versa)
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exchange, mostly effluxes from the pedosphere towards the atmosphere below the
canopy when the soil is exposed to air) and (iii) air-water/atmosphere-hydrosphere
CO 2 flux (which covers all the CO 2 exchange taking place at the interface between
the mangrove surrounding waters like estuaries or tidal bays and the atmosphere)
(Fig. 7.2).
Fig. 7.1 The fate of CO 2 trapped by photosynthetic activity (live mangrove biomass) in a typical
mangrove forest. (Prepared up on IUCN 2009)
Fig. 7.2 Three type of fluxes from the mangrove ecosystems and their estimated range (positive
value indicates towards atmosphere and vice-versa)
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