Research Article
Spatial Variability and Relationship of Mangrove Soil Organic Matter to Organic Carbon
Table 3
Overview of available soil carbon content in mangrove forests.
| Authors | Place | Site characteristics | Depth | Reported statistics | Carbon content |
| Chaikaew and Chavanich (this study) | Upper eastern coast of the Gulf of Thailand, Thailand | Mixed natural and planted mangrove forests with dominated Avicennia alba Bl. | 0–5 cm | Mean ± SD | 3.08 ± 1.25% | 5–10 cm | Mean ± SD | 2.51 ± 1.47% |
| Chandra et al. (2015) [34] | Sarawak, Malaysia | Diverse mangrove species | 40 cm | Range | 1.73–6.24% |
| Donato et al. (2011) [5] | Indo-Pacific region | Oceanic mangrove | 2 m | Mean | 14.6% | Estuarine mangrove | 2 m | Mean | 7.69% |
| Ray et al. (2011) [35] | Northeast coast of the Bay of Bengal, India | Natural mangrove forest (before monsoon) | 30 cm | Mean | 0.51% | Natural mangrove forest (after monsoon) | 30 cm | Mean | 0.65% |
| Lacerda et al. (1995) [33] | Sepetiba Bay, Brazil | Experimental Rhizophora mangle forest | 1.5 cm | Mean | 2.80% | 5–10 cm | Mean | 2.70% | 10–15 cm | Mean | 2.70% | Experimental Avicennia schaueriana forest | 1.5 cm | Mean | 6.10% | 5–10 cm | Mean | 3.80% | 10–15 cm | Mean | 3.80% |
| Sukardjo (1994) [36] | East Kalimantan, Indonesia | Soils dominated by Avicennia forest | 20 cm | Mean ± SD | 3.96 ± 0.18% | Soils dominated by Ceriops forest | 20 cm | Mean ± SD | 11.40 ± 0.64% |
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