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Avicennia officinalis aboveground biomass, a x^b of DBH^2 * H (Table 3)

Aboveground biomassAvicennia officinalis · AcanthaceaeMyanmar (Burma)naturalRead from the original paper
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Equation

As printed (Table 3)

AGB (kg) DBH2H (cm2 m) 15 0.0181 (±0.0600×10−1) 1.131 (±0.0583) 0.967*

In this library's units, ready to compute (kg)

Aboveground biomass = 0.0181 * (D^2 * H)^1.131
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm
H
Total tree height, m

Power-law fit; the paper states coefficients are back-transformed from the log-log OLS fit and prints no correction factor, so none is applied. Site-level model for the Letkhokkon delta mangrove (Ayeyarwady delta region), Myanmar. AGB is leaf + branch + stem (aboveground, foliage included).

Source
Ao 15 5 13 5.6 8.2
Trees measured · Table 2
The A. officinalis had a DBH range of 5.0 cm to 13.0 cm and a H range of 5.6 m to 8.2 m
Smallest DBH · Biomass measurement section
Trees measured
15
DBH range
5–13 cm
Height range
5.6–8.2 m
R²
0.967
Method
Power function y = a x^b fitted in SPSS Curve Estimation (OLS on log-transformed variables, then back-transformed)
Where
Letkhokkon delta mangrove, Myanmar
Last checked
2026-11-02
Calculate
Height from
15.16
Aboveground biomass (kg)
7.123
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
26.12
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
Fitted DBH range0100200300400500600510152025303540DBH (cm)Aboveground biomass (kg)Aboveground biomass

Shaded: the DBH range the model was fitted on. Other inputs held at the values above.

Checks this equation passes

On every build, the library's form and the paper's own form (in its units) must both give these values within 1%.

InputsExpectedWe getFrom
D = 8, H = 615.215.2Computed from the printed form
computed from the Table 3 coefficients
D = 15, H = 999.499.4Computed from the printed form
computed from the Table 3 coefficients

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