Sediment accumulation and organic material flux in a managed mangrove ecosystem: estimates of land–ocean–atmosphere exchange in peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Alongi, D.M., Sasekumar, A., Chong, V.C., Pfitzner, A., Trott, L.A., Tirendi, F., Dixon, P., Brunskill, G.J.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2004
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/11728/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025322704001173; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2004.04.016
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Rates of sediment accumulation and organic matter decomposition in mangrove forests of different age were examined at the Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve in peninsular Malaysia. These data were used with previous findings to construct a first-order mass balance of carbon to determine whether the ecos...