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Carbon sequestration potential of Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. and Rhizophora mucronata Lam. along the Western Red Sea Coast of Egypt

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Increased levels of global atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and further consequences of climate change derived more research efforts to emphasize the actual role of the ecosystems of higher significance in this task. Mangrove ecosystem received a great interest in the demonstration of its potential to sequester atmospheric CO2. Sampling process from the sediment of mangrove ecosystem extended some 600 km along the Egyptian western coast of Red Sea, starting from Abu Monquar Island (27.216250° N, 33.876288° E) at the north near Hurghada to Sharm El-Madfa’a (22.895165° N, 35.717757° E) near the Egyptian–Sudanese frontiers. This work compares the pure population of Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. and Rhizophora mucronata, Lam. as well as the mixed population of both species. Mean values of dry bulk density (DBD) were 1.2 ± 0.02, g cm−3 for pure A. marina, 0.8 ± 0.06 g cm−3 for pure R. mucronata, and 0.7 ± 0.04 g cm−3 for mixed sites. In addition, the values of mean soil organic carbon (SOC) were 10.2, 51.7 and 89.0 g C kg−1 for pure A. marina, pure R. mucronata and mixed sites, respectively. On the other hand, the mean values of soil organic carbon pool (SOCP) were 258.0, 604.7 and 1049.3 Mg C ha−1 for pure A. marina, pure R. mucronata and mixed sites of both species, respectively. The carbon sequestration potential (CSP) of pure A. marina, pure R. mucronata, and mixed sites of both species were 0.8, 2.2, 3.4 Mg C ha−1 year−1, respectively.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dr. Ashraf Salem, Manager of Elba Protected Area, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), for his help in site selection in Elba protected area; Mr. Mahmoud Tahtawy, environmental, researcher in Elba protected area (EEAA); and Mr. Islam El Sadek, environmental researcher in Red Sea Protected Area (EEAA), for their contribution to field sampling.

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This work was supported by Project (RSP-2020/86), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Nature Conservation Sector, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Cairo, 11728, Egypt

    Sayed A. El Hussieny

  2. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt

    Kamal H. Shaltout

  3. Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Abdulrahman A. Alatar

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All authors have contributed to the study conceptualization. Sayed A. El-Hussieny carried out field sampling, data curation, formal analysis, methodology, investigation and first draft writing. Kamal H. Shaltout reviewed and commented on the first version of the manuscript and validate the work. Abdulrahman A. Alatar reviewed the manuscript, providing study materials, required tools and managed the project financing.

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El Hussieny, S.A., Shaltout, K.H. & Alatar, A.A. Carbon sequestration potential of Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. and Rhizophora mucronata Lam. along the Western Red Sea Coast of Egypt. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 32, 599–607 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-021-01005-0

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