Characteristics of CO2 Flux over a Mangrove Forest of Southern Thailand in Rainy Season
1996 Volume 52 Issue 2 Pages 149-154
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1996 Volume 52 Issue 2 Pages 149-154
An experiment was conducted to find out the characteristics of CO2 flux in a mangrove forest of Thailand during the rainy season. The relaxed eddy accumulation method was applied to the measurement of the CO2 flux over the forest. The CO2 flux increased with solar radiation, and the daytime downward CO2 flux was -0.5-1.0mg m-2s-1 for the global radiation 400-800Wm-2, which is about the same magnitude as the typical values obtained in other tropical or temperate forests. The soil respiration was an order of magnitude smaller in the mangrove forest compared to other forests.
