Mangrove carbon stock assessment by optical satellite imagery
Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve or known as Matang Mangroves is the largest single mangroves in Peninsular Malaysia. Covering an area of about 41,000 ha, majority of this area is forest reserve. Mangroves have long been known as extremely productive ecosystem that cycle carbon (C) rapidly, but studie...
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| author | Omar, Hamdan M. R., Khairunnisa Abdul Aziz, Ammar Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi Hamzah, Khali Aziz |
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| description | Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve or known as Matang Mangroves is the largest single mangroves in Peninsular Malaysia. Covering an area of about 41,000 ha, majority of this area is forest reserve. Mangroves have long been known as extremely productive ecosystem that cycle carbon (C) rapidly, but studies related to carbon in this ecosystem are limited. This study was carried out to assess the carbon stock and quantify their changes following deforestation, wood extraction and forest degradation. Landsat-TM and SPOT-5 satellite images for 1991 and 2011 respectively were utilised to identify mangroves. Vegetation index generated from the images was used as a variable to indicate carbon stock and it was correlated to forest inventory information through regression. The study showed that carbon stocks of Matang Mangroves ranged from 1.03 to 263.65 t C ha-1 and 1.01 to 259.68 t C ha-1 for the years 1991 and 2011 respectively. Total carbon stock in Matang Mangroves was estimated at about 3.04 mil t C in year 1991 and 2.15 mil t C in 2011. The study suggested that the traditional use of vegetation index from optical imagery systems is still relevant and viable in vegetative studies. |
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| spelling | upm-291472016-08-22T08:50:03Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29147/ Mangrove carbon stock assessment by optical satellite imagery Omar, Hamdan M. R., Khairunnisa Abdul Aziz, Ammar Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi Hamzah, Khali Aziz Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve or known as Matang Mangroves is the largest single mangroves in Peninsular Malaysia. Covering an area of about 41,000 ha, majority of this area is forest reserve. Mangroves have long been known as extremely productive ecosystem that cycle carbon (C) rapidly, but studies related to carbon in this ecosystem are limited. This study was carried out to assess the carbon stock and quantify their changes following deforestation, wood extraction and forest degradation. Landsat-TM and SPOT-5 satellite images for 1991 and 2011 respectively were utilised to identify mangroves. Vegetation index generated from the images was used as a variable to indicate carbon stock and it was correlated to forest inventory information through regression. The study showed that carbon stocks of Matang Mangroves ranged from 1.03 to 263.65 t C ha-1 and 1.01 to 259.68 t C ha-1 for the years 1991 and 2011 respectively. Total carbon stock in Matang Mangroves was estimated at about 3.04 mil t C in year 1991 and 2.15 mil t C in 2011. The study suggested that the traditional use of vegetation index from optical imagery systems is still relevant and viable in vegetative studies. Forest Research Institute Malaysia 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29147/1/Mangrove%20carbon%20stock%20assessment%20by%20optical%20satellite%20imagery.pdf Omar, Hamdan and M. R., Khairunnisa and Abdul Aziz, Ammar and Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi and Hamzah, Khali Aziz (2013) Mangrove carbon stock assessment by optical satellite imagery. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 25 (4). pp. 554-565. ISSN 0128-1283 http://www.frim.gov.my/publication/journal-of-tropical-forest-science-jtfs/ |
| spellingShingle | Omar, Hamdan M. R., Khairunnisa Abdul Aziz, Ammar Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi Hamzah, Khali Aziz Mangrove carbon stock assessment by optical satellite imagery |
| title | Mangrove carbon stock assessment by optical satellite imagery |
| title_full | Mangrove carbon stock assessment by optical satellite imagery |
| title_fullStr | Mangrove carbon stock assessment by optical satellite imagery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mangrove carbon stock assessment by optical satellite imagery |
| title_short | Mangrove carbon stock assessment by optical satellite imagery |
| title_sort | mangrove carbon stock assessment by optical satellite imagery |
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