Net primary productivity of Bruguiera parviflora(Wight & Arn.) dominated mangrove forest at Kuala Selangor, Malaysia

Published Date

20 February 2008, Vol.255(1):179–182, doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2007.09.011

Title 

Net primary productivity of Bruguiera parviflora(Wight & Arn.) dominated mangrove forest at Kuala Selangor, Malaysia

• Author 

• Mahmood Hossain ^a,,
• Saberi Othman ^b,
• Japar Sidik Bujang ^c,
• Misri Kusnan ^d,

• aForestry and Wood Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
• bDepartment of Biology, University Pendidikan Sultan Idris, 35900 Tg. Malim, Perak, Malaysia
• cFaculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Campus, P.O. Box 396, 97008 Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia
• dDepartment of Biology, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Malaysia

Received 12 February 2006. Revised 14 July 2007. Accepted 3 September 2007. Available online 23 October 2007.

Abstract

The net primary productivity of Bruguiera parviflora dominated mangrove forest at Kuala Selangor, Malaysia was estimated from the average yearly biomass increment and litter production. The average yearly biomass increment in saplings and trees was 0.58 and 16.51 t ha⁻¹, respectively, and the annual amount of total litter production was 10.35 t ha⁻¹. The biomass increment in saplings and trees was not significantly different (t-test, p > 0.05) in 2 successive years and the estimated net primary productivity was 27.44 t ha⁻¹ year⁻¹. The ratio (2.65:1) of net primary productivity and litterfall suggests that this mangrove forest is at a juvenile stage.

Keywords

Biomass increment

Bruguiera parviflora

Ecosystem

Litter production

Mangroves

Productivity

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