Degradation of mangrove tissues and implications for peat formation in Belizean island forests

By B. Middleton, K. McKee. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography

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Where temperate meets tropical: multi‐factorial effects of elevated CO2, nitrogen enrichment, and competition on a mangrove‐salt marsh community (2008, background): “Decomposition rates in mangrove and salt marsh habitats are slower belowground because of anaerobic conditions in flooded soils (Hackney, 1985; Middleton & McKee, 2001) and differences in refractory components of plant tissues (Benner et al., 1984, 1991; Benner & Hodson, 1985), so shifts in…”
Mass tree mortality leads to mangrove peat collapse at Bay Islands, Honduras after Hurricane Mitch (2003, background): “…been maintained longer in the fringe forest after root mortality because it was higher initially (based on values observed in the low impact site; Table 4) and/ or because mangrove roots decay slowly (Middleton & McKee 2001), particularly fine roots (15% in 270 days; van der Valk & Attiwill 1984).”
Below-ground root yield and distribution in natural and replanted mangrove forests at Gazi bay, Kenya (2008, background): “…8–25c Present study A. marina 43d S. alba 53–76e a Includes biomass of pneumatophores. b Data include live and dead root. c Age 6–12 years. d Age 12 years. e Age 9–12 years. overestimation of the yields, especially given the refractory nature of mangrove root material (Middleton and McKee, 2001).”
Organic carbon dynamics in mangrove ecosystems : a review (2008, background): “Moers et al. (1990) and Benner et al. (1990) demonstrated that R. mangle wood is mainly composed of glucose, xylose and arabinose, whereas the compositional pattern in R. mangle leaves is: glucose > arabinose > galactose > rhamnose > xylose.”
Litter degradation and CN dynamics in reforested mangrove plantations at Gazi Bay, Kenya (2005, background): “Middleton and McKee (2001) found that exposure to crabs and amphipods tripled overall rates of leaf degradation.”
Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective (2017, unknown): “Several studies have found that decay of belowground material is slower than leaf litter (McKee and Faulkner 2000; Middleton and McKee 2001; Poret et al. 2007).”
Polyphenolics in Rhizophora mangle L. leaves and their changes during leaf development and senescence (2004, methodology): “The mangrove ecosystem used in these studies is located 19 km off the coast and approximately 3 km inside the barrier reef at Twin Cays, Belize (Rützler and Feller 1996; Middleton and McKee 2001).”
Mangrove root: adaptations and ecological importance (2016, background): “Since they grow in saturated, muddy, low oxygen soils, more amount of carbon is stored in roots, resists decay and can become long-term sinks as mangrove peat (Middleton and McKee 2001).”
Litterfall and Decomposition of Rhizophora mangle L. in a Coastal Lagoon in the Southern Gulf of Mexico (2006, methodology): “Robertson (1986) and Middleton & Mckee (2001) , noted important effects of aquatic invertebrates on the removal of leaf litter in studies dealing mainly with the influence of large crustaceans inhabiting the intertidal”