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Mangroves are defined as woody trees and shrubs that grow in places where river water mixes with seawater. The need of the study is selected quantification of terrestrial carbon and monitoring of these stocks over time is important for reasons of climate change mitigation. The anthropogenic responses to climate change have the potential to exacerbate the adverse effects of climate changes on mangrove ecosystems. Which leads mangrove system can also release large quantities of stored carbon and exacerbate global warming and other climate change causes. In order to carbon stock were estimated in Above Ground Biomass of different mangrove species and associated marshy vegetal parts. Mangroves and marshy vegetation were partitioned into leaves, stems and roots. The moisture, dry weight, mineral matter, organic matter and organic carbon content was estimated for mangrove and associated plant species. The moisture content varied from 43% to 88%,the lower percent of moisture content was observed in the Exoecaria agallocha leavesand high moisture content was observed in Sesuvium portulacastrum leaves.The dry matter falls between 13 to 64%, lowest level in Sesuvium portulacastrum and higher level in Exoecaria agallocha. Organic carbon varied between 45 to 54% for mangrove species and 30 to 54% for marshy vegetation.The dominant mangrove species of Avicennia marina mangrove occupied 45.9, 53.1 and 53.3% of organic carbon in their leaves, stems and roots respectively.