Old Growth Mangrove Forest Structure Inventory for Amapá, Brazil

2022 forest structure inventory data for old growth mangroves on the Amapá coast in northern Brazil. The dataset includes diameter at breast height (DBH) and tree height measurements used to assess total ecosystem carbon stocks near the Amazon river mouth. It was authored by Angelo Fraga Bernardino and shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling carbon stocks in coastal ecosystems based on DBH and tree height measurements.
• Analyzing the structural characteristics of old growth mangrove forests.
• Benchmarking forest inventory methodologies for tropical coastal regions.
• Supporting conservation and climate policy research with quantified ecosystem data.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly tied to a peer-reviewed publication (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45459-w), providing methodological transparency.
• Focus on a specific and ecologically significant region: old growth mangroves at the Amazon river mouth.
• Clear temporal coverage: data collected in a single year (2022).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain modeling tasks.
• The 1.9 MB size suggests a relatively small dataset, potentially limiting statistical power.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Angelo Fraga Bernardino.

Collection Method

Field inventory data collection, methodology detailed in the associated publication.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 20:18:23; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Amapá coast, northern Brazil, near the Amazon river mouth.