Mangrove litter fall: Extrapolation from traps to a large tropical macrotidal harbour

• Published in: Estuarine, coastal and shelf science Vol. 95; no. 1; pp. 245 - 252
• Main Authors: Metcalfe, Kristin N., Franklin, Donald C., McGuinness, Keith A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Australia; Biological and medical sciences; Brackish; Brackish water ecosystems; Canopies; canopy; carbon cycle; Coastal; Communities; ecosystems; estuaries; Extrapolation; food chain; forests; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Harbors; Harbours; High tides; leaf litter; leaves; Litter; mangals; organic matter; plant communities; statistical sampling; streams; Synecology; traps; vegetation cover; Australia; mangals; statistical sampling; vegetation cover; carbon cycle; plant communities; leaf litter; Brackish water environment; Litter; Plant community; Tropical zone; Trap; Harbor zone; Tides; Carbon cycle; Mangrove; Plant cover; Sampling

Mangrove litter is a major source of organic matter for detrital food chains in many tropical coastal ecosystems, but scant attention has been paid to the substantial challenges in sampling and extrapolation of rates of litter fall. The challenges arise due to within-stand heterogeneity including in...