Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation in Mangroves: The Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case Study

Table 2

Aboveground (area-weighed) carbon and biomass in mangroves in the Urabá Gulf. Computed from structure data from Urrego et al. [39] and allometric equations from [46, 47].

Location	Mangrove type	Mangrove species	Mean relative abundance (%)	Above-ground carbon (Mg C/ha)	Above-ground biomass (Mg/ha)
Atrato River Delta	Fringing	R. mangle	83.0	83.7	167.4
		A. germinans	1.0	0.7	1.3
		L. racemosa	9.5	5.0	9.9
		Total		89.3	178.7
Puerto Cesar-Punta Coquito	Fringing	R. mangle	43.3	13.1	26.2
		A. germinans	21.6	4.3	8.6
		L. racemosa	19.9	3.5	6.9
		Total		20.8	41.7
Punta Yarumal-Punta Las Vacas	Fringing	R. mangle	76.5	25.9	51.8
		A. germinans	12.9	2.9	5.8
		L. racemosa	10.6	2.0	4.0
		Total		30.8	61.6
	Basin	R. mangle	43.5	10.1	20.2
		A. germinans	14.7	2.3	4.5
		L. racemosa	39.5	5.2	10.4
		Total		17.5	35.1
Rionegro Cove	Fringing	R. mangle	67.2	8.9	17.8
		A. germinans	0.0	0.0	0.0
		L. racemosa	21.3	1.7	3.4
		Total		10.6	21.3
	Riverine	R. mangle	86.4	20.3	40.6
		A. germinans	3.4	0.5	1.1
		L. racemosa	8.6	1.1	2.2
		Total		21.9	43.9
	Early succession	R. mangle	91.4	15.4	30.9
		Total		15.4	30.9