Review Article
Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation in Mangroves: The Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case Study
Table 3
Above-ground biomass for mangrove forests worldwide.
| | Location | Above-ground biomass (Mg/ha) |
| | Neotropics1 | | | Dominican Republic | 195.4 | | Dominican Republic | 349.4 | | Florida | 56.0 | | Florida | 72.0 | | Florida | 22.3 | | Florida | 56.0 | | Guadeloupe | 47.0 | | Guadeloupe | 56.0 | | Guadeloupe | 99.0 | | Hawaii | 279.0 | | Mexico | 135.0 | | Mexico | 120.0 | | Puerto Rico | 62.9 |
| | Neotropics Mean | 119.2 |
| | Old World tropics1 | | | Indonesia | 93.7 | | Malaysia | 409.0 | | Malaysia | 216.4 | | Sri Lanka | 71.0 | | Sri Lanka | 71.0 | | Thailand | 158.0 | | Western Australia | 246.7 | | Western Australia | 45.8 | | Australia | 711.0 |
| | Old World Mean | 224.7 |
| | Pacific Islands2 | | | Airai. Palau | 225.0 | | Ruunuw. Yap. FSM | 363.0 | | Pacific Islands Mean | 294 |
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ata from Sherman et al. 2003 [48].
ata from Kauffman et al. 2011 [49].
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