Taburan Menegak Karbon Organik dalam Hutan Paya Bakau Pahang, Malaysia

Vertical distribution of organic carbon content in 1 metre cores were analysed in Kuantan River (2 cores) and one core each in the Miang River and Bebar River mangrove forest, respectively. Generally, the organic carbon content in the sediments of the study areas were consistent with the result obtained at Kemaman and Setiu mangrove area, however, the values obtained were significantly higher than those in the open sea of South China Sea. The highest organic carbon content occurred in fine grained sediments of the Miang River (2.71 ± 0.39%) and Bebar River (2.60 ± 0.18%) compared to Kuantan River (2.23 ± 0.14%) mangrove areas. In this study, both the values of organic carbon content and the percentage of silt and clay decrease with depth.