
%0 Journal Article
%A Saintilan, N. 
%T Above- and below-ground biomass of mangroves in a sub-tropical estuary
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1998/01/20
%V 48
%N 7
%P 601-604
%K Salinity, intertidal, root mass, shoot mass. &copy; CSIRO Australia 1997.
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF97009
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF97009 
%X Above- and below-ground biomass of five species of mangroves was estimated for the Mary River, south-eastern Queensland. Below-ground : above-ground biomass ratios of species in the upstream reaches (Avicennia marina, Aegiceras corniculatum and Excoecaria agallocha) averaged &#60;0.5, and those of species in the saline conditions of the mouth (Avicennia marina, Rhizophora stylosa) ranged between 0.9 and 1.5. Within the estuary mouth, above-ground biomass of Avicennia marina and Ceriops tagal decreased between frontal saline and upper-intertidal hypersaline environments, and this was reflected in the below-ground : above-ground biomass ratios, which increased to approximately 3.5 for both species. 
