Food chain and carbon accumulation in mangrove plantation areas in Thailand / Shigeru Kato ... [et al.]

• Main Authors: Kato, Shigeru, Boonming, Savettachat, Chantrapromma, Kan, Thongkao, Suthira, Panichart, Sangob, Aksornkoae, Sanit, Tongnunui, Prasert, Tarangkoon, Woraporn, Kojima, Toshinori
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang 2015
• Subjects: Thailand; Food chains (Ecology). Food webs; Mangrove forests
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12000/1/AJ_SHIGERU%20KATO%20EAJ%2015.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12000/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Mangrove forests provide numerous ecosystem services, including nutrient cycling, sediment trapping, protection from cyclones and tsunami, habitat for numerous organisms and wood for fuel and lumber. It is being a unique habitat for several fresh and saline tolerant species. The present research ai...