Carbon Stocks in Forests of the Kaptai National Park in Bangladesh
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https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2019/v145i8/147105Keywords:
Kaptai National Park, Carbon Stock, Biomass, Undergrowth, Litter and Soil.Abstract
The present research work was carried out in the Kaptai National Park area of Bangladesh. Seventy seven tracks, 500 m apart from each other, and 4 plots of 10 m radius in each track were selected. Sixty five tree species were recorded; the most dominant ones were Acacia auriculiformis, Dipterocarpus turbinatus, Gmelina arborea, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Swietenia macrophylla, Protium serratum, Terminalia arjuna, Tectona grandis and Xylia xylocarpa. The carbon stocks in tree biomass, undergrowth vegetation, litter materials and soil in plots of these tree species along with some other tree species were estimated. The total carbon stocks ranged from 71.44 Mg ha-1 to 114.77 Mg ha-1 with an average carbon stock of 90.89 Mg ha-1. There were 8.62 Mg C ha-1 to 36.93 Mg C ha-1 in tree biomass, 0.24 to 0.42 Mg C ha-1 in undergrowth vegetation, 0.10 to 0.24 Mg C ha-1 in litter and 62.31 to 93.67 Mg C ha-1 in soil. The total carbon stocks differed significantly (F = 2.229 at df = 9, p < 0.05) among the plots of different tree species. Mean contributions of tree biomass, undergrowth vegetation, litter and soil were 18.50%, 0.36%, 0.23% and 80.91% to the total carbon stocks respectively. The forests in the study area were highly disturbed; so the contributions of tree, undergrowth and litter were so low.References
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