Habitat characteristics provide insights of carbon storage in seagrass meadows

I Mazarrasa, J Samper-Villarreal, O Serrano… - Marine pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Seagrass meadows provide multiple ecosystem services, yet they are among the most
threatened ecosystems on earth. Because of their role as carbon sinks, protection and …

Redefining blue carbon with adaptive valuation for global policy

J Sheehy, J Porter, M Bell, S Kerr - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Blue carbon has multiple definitions but is mostly defined, by criteria, as specific habitats or
species: seagrass, saltmarsh, and mangrove. These qualifying criteria include significant …

A marine heatwave drives massive losses from the world's largest seagrass carbon stocks

A Arias-Ortiz, O Serrano, P Masqué, PS Lavery… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
Seagrass ecosystems contain globally significant organic carbon (C) stocks. However,
climate change and increasing frequency of extreme events threaten their preservation …

Reviews and syntheses: 210Pb-derived sediment and carbon accumulation rates in vegetated coastal ecosystems – setting the record straight

A Arias-Ortiz, P Masqué, J Garcia-Orellana… - …, 2018 - bg.copernicus.org
Vegetated coastal ecosystems, including tidal marshes, mangroves and seagrass meadows,
are being increasingly assessed in terms of their potential for carbon dioxide sequestration …

Role of carbonate burial in Blue Carbon budgets

V Saderne, NR Geraldi, PI Macreadie, DT Maher… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Calcium carbonates (CaCO3) often accumulate in mangrove and seagrass sediments. As
CaCO3 production emits CO2, there is concern that this may partially offset the role of Blue …

Blue Carbon Storage Capacity of Temperate Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Meadows

ME Röhr, M Holmer, JK Baum, M Björk… - Global …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the importance of coastal ecosystems for the global carbon budgets, knowledge of
their carbon storage capacity and the factors driving variability in storage capacity is still …

Species traits and geomorphic setting as drivers of global soil carbon stocks in seagrass meadows

H Kennedy, JF Pagès, D Lagomasino… - Global …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Our knowledge of the factors that can influence the stock of organic carbon (OC) that is
stored in the soil of seagrass meadows is evolving, and several causal effects have been …

Factors determining seagrass blue carbon across bioregions and geomorphologies

I Mazarrasa, P Lavery, CM Duarte… - Global …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrass meadows rank among the most significant organic carbon (Corg) sinks on earth.
We examined the variability in seagrass soil Corg stocks and composition across Australia …

Major impacts and societal costs of seagrass loss on sediment carbon and nitrogen stocks

PO Moksnes, ME Röhr, M Holmer, JS Eklöf… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrass meadows constitute important carbon sinks, and the ongoing global loss of
seagrass habitats raises concerns about the release of carbon stored in their sediments …

A Synthesis of Blue Carbon Stocks, Sources, and Accumulation Rates in Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Meadows in the Northeast Pacific

C Prentice, KL Poppe, M Lutz, E Murray… - Global …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing urgency to implement climate change mitigation strategies that enhance
greenhouse gas removal from the atmosphere and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions …