1. Above ground biomass (AGB) Below ground biomass (BGB)
Table 2. Summary of the used allometric equations for determine above and belowground biomass in mangroves
Mangrove species
Above ground biomass (AGB)
Below ground biomass (BGB)
Bruguiera gymnorrhiza
AGB= (dbh)2.327
(Perera & Amarasinghe, 2012)
BGB= (dbh)2.364
Lumnitzera racemosa
AGB= (dbh)2.523
BGB= (dbh)2.063
Rhizophora mucronata
loge(AGB)= loge(dbh)
(Amarasinghe & Balasubramaniam, 1992)
BGB= ρ dbh 2.46
(Komiyama et al., 2005)
Avicennia marina
loge(AGB)= loge(dbh)
Bruguiera cylindrica
AGB= ρ dbh 2.46
Excoecaria agallocha
Ceriops tagal
Aegiceras corniculatum
AGB- Above ground biomass, BGB- below ground biomass, dbh- diameter at breast height (1.3 m), ρ – density of wood (
K. A. R. S Perera et al. Vegetation Structure and Species Distribution of Mangroves along a Soil Salinity Gradient in a Micro Tidal Estuary on the North-western Coast of Sri Lanka. American Journal of Marine Science, 2013, Vol. 1, No. 1, doi: /marine-1-1-2
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