Figure 3
From: Mangroves provide blue carbon ecological value at a low freshwater cost
BETTINA model simulations applied to tree size and salinity vs. water use. (a) Individual tree water use from BETTINA modelling studies relative to dbh for different salinities within mangroves. Each solid line represents one tree over the time of simulation with trees adapting their allometry to variation in soil salinity (from blue for 0 psu to red for 80 psu). For comparison, dashed lines mark the water uptake at different salinities with no allometric adaptation (average tree allometry as growing at 40 psu); solid black line represents empirical individual tree water use estimated for mangroves in this study. (b) Simulated individual tree water use of each mangrove tree at an age of 200 years.
