Aboveground nighttime respiration behavior of Kandelia obovata Sheue, Liu and
Yong was measured from 10 sample plants growing in the mangroves of Okinawa
Island, Japan. The dependence of the respiration on the tree size was successfully
represented by a power function of Do.1H2H. The respiratory behavior of K. obovata was
found dependent to size and the exponent was close to 3/4. The size-dependence of
respiration could be successfully represented by a power function of D0.1H2H.