Litter production in three mangrove forest zones in the malay peninsula

Published Date

December 1983, Vol.17(3):283–290, doi:10.1016/0304-3770(83)90063-3

Title 

Litter production in three mangrove forest zones in the malay peninsula

• Author 

• A. Sasekumar
• J.J. Loi

• Department of Zoology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 22-11, Malaysia

Accepted 12 October 1983. Available online 25 June 2003.

Abstract

Total litter fall, over a period of more than 22 months, was 4.22, 3.84 and 4.32 g dry wt. m⁻² day⁻¹ in the Avicennia, Sonneratia and Rhizophora forests, respectively. Leaves comprised 40–67% of the total. The Avicennia alba Bl. forest, however, showed a distinct peak from August to October when fruits comprised 50–65% of the total litter. Correlations of total and leaf component litters with the four meterological parameters of wind run, mean temperature, evaporation and rainfall accounted for less than 50% of the variation in litter fall. Wind run had the greatest influence in the seaward Avicennia forest while mean temperature had the greatest influence on the landward Rhizophora forest.

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