Belowground carbon storage was examined for mangrove forests on Pohnpei Island, Micronesia. Stored carbon in a coral reef-type mangrove habitat consisting of a 2 m thick mangrove peat layer, which is a type of mangrove habitat in tropical Pacific islands, was estimated at 1300 t C ha−1. The carbon burial rate during the phase of gradual sea-level rise, which was calculated at 93 g m−2 year−1 between 1800 and 1380 years bp using the medians of the radiocarbon ages, was significantly higher than that between 1380 years bp and present in a stable sea-level phase.
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Fujimoto, K., Imaya, A., Tabuchi, R. et al. Belowground carbon storage of Micronesian mangrove forests. Ecol Res 14, 409–413 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1703.1999.00313.x
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