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Establishing Rates Of Carbon Sequestration In Mangroves From An Earthquake Uplift Event, Severino G. Salmo Iii, Vanessa Malapit, Maria Carmela A. Garcia, Homer M. Pagkalinawan

Environmental Science Faculty Publications

We assessed the carbon stocks (CS) in mangroves that developed after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Silonay, Oriental Mindoro, south Luzon, The Philippines in November 1994. The earthquake resulted in a 50 cm uplift of sediment that provided new habitat within the upper intertidal zone which mangroves colonized (from less than 2 ha pre-earthquake to the current 45 ha, 23 years post-earthquake). The site provided an opportunity for a novel assessment of the rate of carbon sequestration in recently established mangroves. The carbon stock was measured in above-ground, below- ground and sediment compartments over a seaward to landward transect. Results …