文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Carbon stocks and potential carbon storage in the mangrove forests of China

作者：Liu, Hongxiao[1] Ren, Hai[1] Hui, Dafeng[2] Wang, Wenqing[3] Liao, Baowen[4] Cao, Qingxian[4]

第一作者：Liu, Hongxiao

通信作者：Ren, H[1]

机构：[1]Chinese Acad Sci, South China Bot Garden, Key Lab Vegetat Restorat & Management Degraded Ec, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China;[2]Tennessee State Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Nashville, TN 37209 USA;[3]Xiamen Univ, Sch Life Sci, Key Lab, Minist Educ Coastal & Wetland Ecosyst, Xiamen 361005, Peoples R China;[4]Chinese Acad Forestry, Res Inst Trop Forestry, Guangzhou 510520, Guangdong, Peoples R China

年份：2014

卷号：133

起止页码：86-93

外文期刊名：JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

收录：;Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-84890908873);WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000331341300011)】；

基金：This research was supported by the "Strategic Priority Research Program" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, grant No. XDA05050206. Thanks are also due to Prof. Bruce Jaffee and Mr. Brett Seybert for English editing, and the two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments.

语种：英文

外文关键词：Carbon stock; Coastal carbon; Mangrove; Potential carbon storage; Soil organic carbon; Wetland

摘要：Mangrove forests provide important ecosystem services, and play important roles in terrestrial and oceanic carbon (C) cycling. Although the C stocks or storage in terrestrial ecosystems in China have been frequently assessed, the C stocks in mangrove forests have often been overlooked. In this study, we estimated the C stocks and the potential C stocks in China's mangrove forests by combining our own field data with data from the National Mangrove Resource Inventory Report and from other published literature. The results indicate that mangrove forests in China store about 6.91 +/- 0.57 Tg C, of which 81.74% is in the top 1 m soil, 18.12% in the biomass of mangrove trees, and 0.08% in the ground layer (i.e. mangrove litter and seedlings). The potential C stocks are as high as 28.81 +/- 4.16 Tg C. On average, mangrove forests in China contain 355.25 +/- 82.19 Mg C ha(-1), which is consistent with the global average of mangrove C density at similar latitudes, but higher than the average C density in terrestrial forests in China. Our results suggest that C storage in mangroves can be increased by selecting high C-density species for afforestation and stand improvement, and even more by increasing the mangrove area. The information gained in this study will facilitate policy decisions concerning the restoration of mangrove forests in China. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.