Assessment of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Mangrove Forest Soil at Awat-Awat Lawas Sarawak

Seca Gandaseca; Ahmad Mustapha Mohamad Pazi; Muhammad Nazrin Syafiq Zulkipli; Ahmad Hanafi Hamzah; Pakhriazad Hassan Zaki; Arifin Abdu

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Assessment of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Mangrove Forest Soil at Awat-Awat Lawas Sarawak

Seca Gandaseca, Ahmad Mustapha Mohamad Pazi, Muhammad Nazrin Syafiq Zulkipli, Ahmad Hanafi Hamzah, Pakhriazad Hassan Zaki, Arifin Abdu

Published in American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (Volume 4, Issue 5)

Received: 15 November 2015 Accepted: 6 January 2016 Published: 11 October 2016

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Despite few studies of forest health and environmental conditions of mangrove forest in Sarawak, the data was not sufficient to facilitate baseline data and direct comparison of mangrove forest health obtained for mangrove forest in Awat-Awat, Lawas, Sarawak. The objectives of the study were to determine the total N and available P concentration in the mangrove forest soil along with the effect of the soil depth on nutrient concentration. Mangrove soil samples were taken from Lawas Division of Sarawak at 0-15 cm and 15-30 cm depths. Selected soil chemical properties as N, P, pH and Soil Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) were determined using standard methods. As a result, means of selected chemical properties are as follow, 0-30 cm N% (0.196), P (15.59 ppm), pH in water solution (5.83), pH in 1M KCl (5.32) and CEC (27.53 cmol) while at 30-50 cm, Total N% (0.403), P (6.45 ppm), pH in water (5.59), pH in 1 M KCl (4.99) and CEC (29.57 cmol). Conclusion of this study, soil depth has given significant effects on the soil acidity, total N, available P and CEC with the difference depth. Where top soil contains less nutrient concentration than the bottom soil. The data statistical analysis has shown there are significantly different between the depths of the mangrove soil. Obtained data can be useful for further study of nutrient content and for the rehabilitation of the mangrove forest in another area.

Published in	American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (Volume 4, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajaf.20160405.14
Page(s)	136-139
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Total N, Available P, Mangrove Forest, Lawas, Sarawak

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Seca Gandaseca, Ahmad Mustapha Mohamad Pazi, Muhammad Nazrin Syafiq Zulkipli, Ahmad Hanafi Hamzah, Pakhriazad Hassan Zaki, et al. Assessment of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Mangrove Forest Soil at Awat-Awat Lawas Sarawak. Am J Agric For. 2016;4(5):136-139. doi: 10.11648/j.ajaf.20160405.14

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Seca Gandaseca

Department of Forest Production, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Ahmad Mustapha Mohamad Pazi

Department of Forest Production, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Muhammad Nazrin Syafiq Zulkipli

Department of Crops Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Sarawak Campus, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia
Ahmad Hanafi Hamzah

Department of Forest Production, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Pakhriazad Hassan Zaki

Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Arifin Abdu

Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

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AU  - Muhammad Nazrin Syafiq Zulkipli
AU  - Ahmad Hanafi Hamzah
AU  - Pakhriazad Hassan Zaki
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