Title:

Mangrove carbon stocks in Zambezi River Delta, Mozambique

Author(s):

Trettin, Carl C.; Stringer, Christina E.; Zarnoch, Stanley J.; Tang, Wenwu; Dai, Zhaohua

Publication Year:

2017

How to Cite:

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Trettin, Carl C.; Stringer, Christina E.; Zarnoch, Stanley J.; Tang, Wenwu; Dai, Zhaohua. 2017. Mangrove carbon stocks in Zambezi River Delta, Mozambique. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. Updated 25 March 2019. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0053

Abstract:

Carbon stocks in mangroves in the Zambezi River Delta of Mozambique (East Africa) were inventoried using a stratified random sampling approach from 2012 to 2016. A total 52 plots containing 287 subplots were objectively distributed using a GIS based spatial decision support system (SDSS) to represent the characteristics of mangroves and the operating constraints within the Delta area. The inventory was designed to provide estimates of above- and below-ground carbon stocks for the entire Delta. Data include species, height and diameter at breast height for overstory, understory and dead trees, mass of woody debris, litter, and ground vegetation. Data to estimate soil carbon and nitrogen content to 2 meters depth are also included.

Keywords:

biota; elevation; environment; geoscientificInformation; imageryBaseMapsEarthCover; inlandWaters; oceans; Climate change; Carbon; Ecological adaptation; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Ecology; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Soil; Forest & Plant Health; Climate effects; Human effects; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Resource inventory; Techniques; Natural Resource Management & Use; Economics; Ecosystem services; Forest management; mangrove carbon stocks; mangrove carbon; blue carbon; mangrove inventory; biomass; soil carbon; Zambezi; Zambezi River Delta; Mozambique; East Africa; Rufiji River Delta

Related publications:

• Stringer, Christina E.; Trettin, Carl C.; Zarnoch, Stanley J.; Tang, Wenwu 2015. Carbon stocks of mangroves within the Zambezi River Delta, Mozambique. For. Ecol. Mgt. 354: 139-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.06.027 https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/48759
• Tang, Wenwu ; Feng, Wenpeng; Jia, Meijuan; Shi, Jiyang; Zuo, Huifang; Stringer, Christina E.; Trettin, Carl C. 2016. A cyber-enabled spatial decision support system to inventory mangroves in Mozambique: coupling scientific workflows and cloud computing. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 31(5): 907-938. https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2016.1245419 https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/54813
• Shapiro, Aurélie; Trettin, Carl C.; Küchly, Helga; Alavinapanah, Sadroddin; Bandeira, Salomão 2015. The mangroves of the Zambezi Delta: increase in extent observed via satellite from 1994 to 2013. Remote Sens. 7(12): 16504-16518. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs71215838 https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/52670
• Lagomasino, D.; Fatoyinbo, T.; Lee, S.; Feliciano, E.; Simard, M.; Trettin, R. 2016. CMS: Mangrove Canopy Height Estimates from Remote Imagery, Zambezi Delta, Mozambique. Oak Ridge, TN: ORNL DAAC. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1357

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