Biomass of the mangrove Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. Near Brisbane, South-eastern Queensland

Abstract

Above- and below-ground biomass of A. marina were estimated on three plots with different vegetation characteristics in a subtropical mangrove woodland at Boggy Creek near Brisbane. Total photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic above-ground biomasses of mangroves in the plots were 16.2, 34.1 and 11.0 kg m^-2, below-ground plus pneumatophore biomasses were 10.9, 12.1 and 12.6 kg m^-2. Although the study site is in an industrialized, moderately polluted estuary, the biomass of Avicennia here is similar to that of Avicennia communities elsewhere.