Twomey, Alice J; Lovelock, Catherine E (2025): Mangrove geometric traits among genera and climate zones [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.973520
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Published: 2025-01-22 • DOI registered: 2025-02-20
Abstract:
In coastal engineering, mangrove vegetation is typically modelled as rigid cylinders to represent their roots, trunks, and canopies. However, the geometry of mangroves varies greatly among species, ages, locations, and environmental conditions. Despite many studies on mangrove morphology, detailed geometric data for precise coastal protection models is still limited. Variations in root structures are especially critical for functions such as flow modification, sediment deposition, surface elevation changes, and wave reduction. Here, we systematically reviewed the literature to collect data on the height, diameter, and densities of roots, trunks, and canopies for 28 mangrove genera across tropical, subtropical, semi-arid, and temperate regions. This dataset aims to serve as a resource for engineers, and ecologists interested in more accurately representing specific mangrove genera in models.
Supplement to:
Twomey, Alice J; Lovelock, Catherine E (2025): Variation in Mangrove Geometric Traits Among Genera and Climate Zones. Estuaries and Coasts, 48(2), 55, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-025-01487-3
References:
Peel, Murray C; Finlayson, Brian L; McMahon, Thomas A (2007): Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11(5), 1633-1644, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 0.776597 * Median Longitude: 73.363845 * South-bound Latitude: -37.205890 * West-bound Longitude: -109.333300 * North-bound Latitude: 27.900000 * East-bound Longitude: 175.842200
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identification | ID | Twomey, Alice J | Observation ID | ||
| 2 | Reference/source | Reference | Twomey, Alice J | Source of the original data (including unpublished data owned by the authors) | ||
| 3 | Species | Species | Twomey, Alice J | Mangrove species (where specified) | ||
| 4 | Genus | Genus | Twomey, Alice J | Mangrove genus | ||
| 5 | Classification | Classification | Twomey, Alice J | True mangrove or mangrove associate | ||
| 6 | Country | Country | Twomey, Alice J | Country or region where the mangrove observations were from | ||
| 7 | Location | Location | Twomey, Alice J | Location within country where mangrove observations were from | ||
| 8 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Twomey, Alice J | Geocode – as reported in the original article, or estimated from descriptions | ||
| 9 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Twomey, Alice J | Geocode – as reported in the original article, or estimated from descriptions | ||
| 10 | Ecoregion | Ecoregion | Twomey, Alice J | Marine Ecoregion Of the World (Spalding et al. 2007) of the observation | ||
| 11 | Köppen-Geiger climate classification | Köppen-Geiger | Twomey, Alice J | Climatic region (using labels from Peel et al. 2007) where the mangrove observations were from | ||
| 12 | Köppen-Geiger climate classification | Köppen-Geiger | Twomey, Alice J | Climatic region where the mangrove observations were from | ||
| 13 | Mangrove, root height | Mangrove root h | m | Twomey, Alice J | Height of the mangrove roots | |
| 14 | Mangrove, root width | Mangrove root w | m | Twomey, Alice J | Width of the mangrove roots | |
| 15 | Mangrove, roots per tree | Mangrove roots | # | Twomey, Alice J | Number of mangrove roots per tree | |
| 16 | Mangrove, roots per area | Mangrove roots/area | #/m2 | Twomey, Alice J | Number of mangrove roots per metre squared | |
| 17 | Mangrove, trunk height | Mangrove trunk h | m | Twomey, Alice J | Height of the mangrove trunks taken as half the total tree height | |
| 18 | Mangrove, trunks per area | Mangrove trunks/area | #/ha | Twomey, Alice J | Density of the mangrove trunks | |
| 19 | Mangrove, trunk width | Mangrove trunk w | m | Twomey, Alice J | Width of the mangrove trunk | |
| 20 | Mangrove height | Mangrove h | m | Twomey, Alice J | Height of the mangrove tree measured from the ground to the top of the canopy | |
| 21 | Mangrove, crown width | Mangrove crown w | m | Twomey, Alice J | Width of the mangrove canopy | |
| 22 | Comment | Comment | Twomey, Alice J | Relevant notes about the source of the data, if it was not directly published in the article e.g. extracted from a Figure |
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
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