Current members

 

Sasitorn Poungparn (Research Group Leader)

Contact details: sasitorn.p@chula.ac.th

Education and professional positions

1994    B.Sc. in Botany, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

1997    M.S. in Environmental Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

2004    Ph.D. in Agricultural Science (Forest Ecology), Gifu University, Japan

2006    Lecturer at Department of Botany, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

2012    Assistant Professor at Department of Botany, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

From 2017       Associate Professor at Department of Botany, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Expertise

Mangrove ecology, Forest carbon dynamics, Production ecology, Tropical forest ecology

Publications

2019

Komiyama, A. Poungparn, S., Umnouysin, S., Rodtassana, C., Pravinvongvuthi, T., Noda, T. & Kato, S. 2019. Occurrence of seasonal water replacement in mangrove soil and the trunk growth response of Avicennia alba related to salinity changes in a tropical monsoon climate. Ecological Research 34: 428-439. DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12005.

2018

Samosorn, S., Sangtiean, T., Rodtassana, C. & Poungparn, S. 2018. Roles of aboveground roots facilitating sedimentation and elevation change in a mangrove forest behind bamboo seawalls. Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology 40(6): 1315-1323.

Kida, M., Fujitake, N., Suchewaboripont, V., Poungparn, S., Tomotsune, M., Kondo, M., Yoshitake, S., Iimura, Y., Kinjo, K., Maknual, C. & Ohtsuka, T. 2018. Contribution of humic substances to dissolved organic matter optical properties and iron mobilization. Aquatic Sciences 80:26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-018-0578-z.

2017

Umnouysin, S., Sangtiean, T., Sato, T. & Poungparn, S. 2017. Comparative carbon dioxide efflux rates from respiration of coarse woody debris among three mangrove species in Thailand. TROPICS 26: 49-57. DOI:10.3759/tropics.MS16-16

Komiyama, A., Kato, S., Poungparn, S. 2017. Methods for sampling coarse roots of individual tree in the field. Reviews in Agricultural Science 5: 77-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.7831/ras.5.77

Umnouysin, S., Sangtiean, T., & Poungparn, S. 2017. Zonal distribution of coarse woody debris and its contribution to net primary production in a secondary mangrove forest. Ecological Research 32: 51-60. DOI: 10.1007/s11284-016-1414-3.

Komiyama, A., Kato, S., Poungparn, S., Sangtiean, T., Maknual, C., Piriyayotha, S., Jintana, V., Prawiroatmodjo, S., Sastrosuwondo, M. & Ogino, K. 2017. Comprehensive dataset of mangrove tree weights in Southeast Asia. Ecological Research 32: 3. DOI: 10.1007/s11284-016-1417-0.

2016

Poungparn, S., Charoenphonphakdi, T., Sangtiean, T. & Patanaponpaiboon, P. 2016. Fine root production in three zones of secondary mangrove forest in eastern Thailand. Trees 30: 467-474.

2014

Hirata, Y., Tabuchi, R., Patanaponpaiboon, P., Poungparn, S., Yoneda, R. & Fujioka, Y. 2014. Estimation of aboveground biomass in mangrove forests using high-resolution satellite data. Journal of Forest Research 19: 34-41, DOI 10.1007/s10310-013-0402-5.

2013

Poungparn, S. & Komiyama, A. 2013. Net ecosystem productivity studies in mangrove forests. Reviews in Agricultural Science 1: 61-64. doi: 10.7831/ras.1.61

2012

Poungparn, S., Komiyama, A., Sangteian, T., Maknual, C., Patanaponpaiboon, P. & Suchewaboribont, V. 2012. High primary productivity under submerged soil raises the net ecosystem productivity of a secondary mangrove forest in eastern Thailand. Journal of Tropical Ecology 28: 303-306.

Rodtassana, C. & Poungparn, S. 2012. Quantitative analysis of the root system of Avicennia alba based on the pipe model theory. ScienceAsia 38: 414-418.

Poungparn, S., Yoneda, R., Bamrungsook, C., Patanaponpaiboon, P., Tabuchi, R. & V. Suchewaboripont. 2012. Zonal variation on decomposition of leaf litter in seasonal flooded forest along Lam Se Bai river. Journal of Forest Management (Special Issue) 6: 131-140.

Tabuchi, R., Yoneda, R., Poungparn, S., Patanaponpaiboon, P. & Toma, T. 2012. Wood demand for house construction and forest’s potential productivity. Journal of Forest Management (Special Issue) 6: 108-119.

Paliyavuth, C., Poungparn, S. & Patanaponpaiboon, P. 2012. Ethnobotanical study of local people at Lam Se Bai swamp forest in Yasothon province, Northeast Thailand. Journal of Forest Management (Special Issue) 6: 79-89.

Bamrungsook, C., Poungparn, S., Yoneda, R., Patanaponpaiboon, P. & Tabuchi, R. 2012. Estimation of litter productivity in a seasonal flooded forest along Lum Se Bai river, Northeast Thailand. Journal of Forest Management (Special Issue) 6: 120-130.

Wongsing, W., Poungparn, S. & Patanaponpaiboon, P. 2012. Allometric relationship for estimating above- and below-ground biomass of Dipterocarpaceous seedlings. Thai Journal of Botany 4 (Special Issue): 37-46. (In Thai)

Poungparn, S. 2012. Development of allometry method for estimating forest biomass. Journal of Forest Management 6(12): 64-72. (In Thai)

Patanaponpaiboon, P. & Poungparn, S. 2012. Forest and global warming phenomenon. The Journal of Interdisciplinary Networks 1(2): 304 – 311. (In Thai)

Yoneda, R., Sano, M., Tabuchi, R., Poungparn, S. & Patanaponpaiboon, P. 2011. Forest structure and composition of seasonal flood forest in Yasothon Province, Northeast Thailand. Kantoshinrinkenkyuu 62: 159-162. (in Japanese)

2011

Suchewaboripont, V., Poungparn, S. & Patanaponpaiboon, P. 2011. Zonal variation in leaf-litter decomposition in a secondary mangrove forest. TROPICS 20: 1-10

Chalermchatwilai, B., Poungparn, S. & Patanaponpaiboon, P. 2011. Distribution of fine-root necromass in a secondary mangrove forest in Trat province, Eastern Thailand. ScienceAsia 37: 1-5.

2010

Suchewaboripont, V., Poungparn, S. & Patanaponpaiboon, P. 2010. Dynamics of leaf litter in a secondary mangrove forest, Trat province. Thai Journal of Botany 2 (Special Issue): 245-255. (In Thai)

Pre 2010

Poungparn, S., Komiyama, A., Tanaka, A., Sangtiean, T, Maknual, C., Kato, S., Tanapermpool, P. & Patanaponpaiboon, P. 2009. Carbon dioxide emission through soil respiration in a secondary mangrove forest of eastern Thailand. Journal of Tropical Ecology 25: 393–400.

Komiyama, A., Ong, J. E. & Poungparn, S. 2008. Allometry, biomass, and productivity of mangrove forests: a review. Aquatic Botany 89(2): 128-137.

Yoneda, R., Tabuchi, R., Poungparn, S., Sano, M., Takahashi, T., Patanaponpaiboon, P. 2007. Litter distribution on riparian forest in Yasothon Province, Northeast Thailand. Kanto Shinrin Kenkyu 58: 101-104. (In Japanese with English abstract)

Matsumoto, Y., Tabuchi, R., Hirata, Y., Fujioka, Y., Patanaponpaiboon, P. & Poungparn, S. 2006. Tsunami damage on the coastal vegetation along the west coast of Malay Peninsula from Krabi to Ranong, southern Thailand. – Impacts of Tsunami at Andaman Ocean occurred in December 26, 2004. Jpn. J. For. Environment 48(1): 43-56. (In Japanese with English abstract)

Komiyama, A., Poungparn, S. & Kato, S. 2005. Common allometric equations for estimating the tree weight of mangroves. Journal of Tropical Ecology 21: 471 – 477. 28.

Poungparn, S., Komiyama, A., Patanaponpaiboon, P., Maknual, C., Sangtiean, T. & Kato, S. 2004. A quantitative analysis on root of a mangrove, Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engler, with reference to the pipe model. TROPICS 13(4): 249- 253.

Poungparn, S., Komiyama, A., Patanaponpaiboon, P., Jintana, V., Sangtiean, T., Tanapermpool, P., Piriyayaota, S., Maknual, C. & Kato, S. 2003. Site independent allometric relationships for estimating above-ground weights of mangroves. TROPICS 12(2): 147-158.

Poungparn, S., Komiyama, A., Jintana, V., Piriyayaota, S., Sangtiean, T., Tanapermpool, P., Patanaponpaiboon, P. & Kato, S. 2002. A quantitative analysis on the root system of a mangrove, Xylocarpus granatum Koenig. TROPICS 12(1): 35-42.

Patanaponpaiboon, P. & Poungparn, S. 2000. Photosynthesis of mangroves at Ao Sawi-Thung Kha, Chuphon, Thailand. Phuket marine biological Center Special Publication 22: 27-30.

 

 

Chadtip Rodtassana

Contact details: chadtip.r@chula.ac.th

Education and professional positions

2009    BSc. in Biology (First class honor), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

2012    MSc. in Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants, University of Edinburgh, UK

2016    Ph.D. in Plant Sciences (Tropical Forest Ecology), University of Cambridge, UK

From 2017       Lecturer at Department of Botany, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Expertise

Plant root ecology, Forest carbon dynamics, Tropical forest ecology, Mangrove ecology

Publications

In press

Sayer, E.J., Rodtassana, C., Sheldrake, M., Bréchet, L.M., Ashford, O.S., Lopez-Sangil, L., Kerdraon-Byrne, D., Castro, B., Turner, B.L., Wright, S.J., & Tanner, E.V.J. Revisiting nutrient cycling by litterfall—Insights from 15 years of litter manipulation in old-growth lowland tropical forest. Advances in Ecological Research (In press).

2019

Sayer, E.J., Lopez-Sangil, L., Crawford, J.A., Bréchet, L.M., Birkett, A.J., Baxendale, C., Castro, B., Rodtassana, C., Garnett, M., Weiss, L. & Schmidt, M.W.I. 2019. Tropical forest soil carbon stocks do not increase despite 15 years of doubled litter inputs. Scientific Report 9, 18030. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54487-2.

Komiyama, A. Poungparn, S., Umnouysin, S., Rodtassana, C., Pravinvongvuthi, T., Noda, T. & Kato, S. 2019. Occurrence of seasonal water replacement in mangrove soil and the trunk growth response of Avicennia alba related to salinity changes in a tropical monsoon climate. Ecological Research 34: 428-439. DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12005.

2018

Rodtassana, C. & Tanner, E.V.J. 2018. Litter removal in a tropical rain forest reduces fine root biomass and production but litter addition has few effects. Ecology 99: 735-742.

Samosorn, S., Sangtiean, T., Rodtassana, C. & Poungparn, S. 2018. Roles of aboveground roots facilitating sedimentation and elevation change in a mangrove forest behind bamboo seawalls. Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology 40(6): 1315-1323.

2012

Rodtassana, C. & Poungparn, S. 2012. Quantitative analysis of the root system of Avicennia alba based on the pipe model theory. ScienceAsia 38: 414-418.