Local Drivers Associated to Temporal Spectral Response of Chlorophyll-a in Mangrove Leaves

Blanca Castellanos-Basto, Jorge Herrera-Silveira, Érick Bataller and Rodolfo Rioja-Nieto
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Blanca Castellanos-Basto: Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior s/n Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
Jorge Herrera-Silveira: Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Unidad Mérida Km 6 Antigua Carretera a Progreso Apdo Postal 73, Cordemex 97310, Mexico
Érick Bataller: Biology Department, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB E4P1P6, Canada
Rodolfo Rioja-Nieto: Laboratorio de Análisis Espacial de Zonas Costeras (COSTALAB), Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación-Sisal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Carretera Sierra Papacal-Chuburná Puerto Km 5, Sierra Papacal 97302, Mexico

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-13

Abstract: The pigment content in leaves has commonly been used to characterize vegetation condition. However, few studies have assessed temporal changes of local biotic and abiotic factors on leaf pigments. Here, we evaluated the effect of local environmental variables and tree structural characteristics, in the chlorophyll-a leaf concentration (Chl-a) associated with temporal change in two mangrove species. Rhizophora mangle ( R. mangle ) and Avicennia germinans ( A. germinans ) trees of a fringe mangrove forest (FMF) and lower basin mangrove forest (BMF) were visited over a period of one year, to obtain radiometric readings at leaf level to estimate Chl-a. Measurements on tree characteristics included diameter at breast height (DBH), basal area (BA), and maximum height (H). Environmental variables included soil interstitial water temperature (T i ), salinity (S i ), and dissolved oxygen (O i ), flood level (fL), ambient temperature (T amb ), and relative humidity (H rel ). Generalized linear models and covariance analysis showed that the variation of Chl-a is mainly influenced by the species, the interaction between species and mangrove forest type, DBH, seasonality and its influence on the species, soil conditions, and fL. Studies to assess spatial and temporal change on mangrove forests using the spectral characteristics of the trees should also consider the temporal variation of leave chlorophyll-a concentration.

Keywords: chlorophyll-a; mangrove forest type; spectral response; remote sensing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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