Nutrient Dynamics in an Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh., Mangrove Forest in Vamleshwar, Gujarat, India

Authors

  • Isaiah Nirmal KUMAR Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India (IN)
  • Poliyaparambil Ravi SAJISH Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India (IN)
  • Rita Nirmal KUMAR Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India (IN)
  • George BASIL Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India (IN)
  • Viyol SHAILENDRA Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India (IN)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb315594

Keywords:

annual accumulation; annual return; annual uptake; flow coefficient; nutrient stocks

Abstract

The study was carried out to determine the nutrient budget of plants, sediments and nutrient dynamics in an Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh., dominated forest in Vamleshwar near Narmada estuary, West Coast of Gujarat for a period of one year from November 2008 to October 2009. The average tree height of the mangrove is 1.5 to 2 m without much vertical stratification. Allometric methodology was used to measure the biomass, and yield a figure of 86.47 t ha-1 and the litter fall rate amounted to 2.9 t ha-1. Nutrient stocks of N, P and K in this mangrove were 137.05, 14.38 and 241.29 kg ha-1, with an annual accumulation of 55.74, 12.38 and 83.94 kg ha-1, and an annual return of 51.30, 10.83 and 13.52 kg ha-1, respectively, in the form of litter. The annual uptake for N, P and K were 61.04, 14.28 and 97.46 kg ha-1, and turnover rates of N, P and K were estimated at 3, 6 and 14 years, respectively, for the study period. Flow coefficients, which reveal the dynamic processes of nutrients between mangrove plants and sediments, are also explained. The present study concluded that the A. marina dominated mangrove plantation is more efficient in nutrient use and conservation.

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Published

2011-03-07

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KUMAR, I. N., SAJISH, P. R., KUMAR, R. N., BASIL, G., & SHAILENDRA, V. (2011). Nutrient Dynamics in an Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh., Mangrove Forest in Vamleshwar, Gujarat, India. Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 3(1), 51–56. https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb315594

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DOI: 10.15835/nsb315594

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